For there shall arise false Christs,... Matthew 24:24
"Maria de Santo Domingo, an Aryan auxiliary (beata) of the
Dominican order, was confounding her contemporaries as early as 1507.
The daughter of a laborer in the town of Piedrahita, near Avila, she was gifted with numerous revelations, in which she held celestial converse with the Virgin Mary and with Christ.
To her admirers she proclaimed that
In the convent at Aldeanueva, which she established, she took a leading part in the mystic dances by which her followers presumably induced experiences similar to her own.
Though unlettered, she was reputed to be the equal of the most learned theologians, her supernatural lights more than making up for her earthly ignorance. Some of these theologians, however, suspected that she was inspired by the devil rather than God, and serious charges were made regarding her orthodoxy.
However, Cardinal Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros and King Ferdinand were satisfied that she enjoyed a special inspiration available to a chosen few, and their support was largely responsible for the failure of her critics to bring about her downfall as a heretic."
Luther'sGhostInSpain/JohnLonghurst p.89
"Maria de Santo Domingo, an Aryan auxiliary (beata) of the
The daughter of a laborer in the town of Piedrahita, near Avila, she was gifted with numerous revelations, in which she held celestial converse with the Virgin Mary and with Christ.
To her admirers she proclaimed that
--Christ was with her,
--that she was Christ,
--and that she was Christ's bride.
For long hours she remained in an ecstatic trance, unmoving, with arms and legs rigidly extended, dissolving herself in the arms of the Deity. In the convent at Aldeanueva, which she established, she took a leading part in the mystic dances by which her followers presumably induced experiences similar to her own.
Though unlettered, she was reputed to be the equal of the most learned theologians, her supernatural lights more than making up for her earthly ignorance. Some of these theologians, however, suspected that she was inspired by the devil rather than God, and serious charges were made regarding her orthodoxy.
However, Cardinal Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros and King Ferdinand were satisfied that she enjoyed a special inspiration available to a chosen few, and their support was largely responsible for the failure of her critics to bring about her downfall as a heretic."
Luther'sGhostInSpain/JohnLonghurst p.89
