Apostle of the Indwelling Trinity: Elizabeth of the Trinity OCD

Abstract

Given the distinctly doctrinal nature and calibre of her insight into the mystery of the trinitarian indwelling, it is perhaps surprising that few theologians have paid much attention to Elizabeth of the Trinity. A more general neglect of the experiences of the mystics would seem to indicate that theology is either unable or unwilling to probe such experiences for their properly theological significance. In this article we survey the key insights which emerge from Elizabeth's deeply trinitarian mysticism, a mysticism that was also profoundly paschal and eucharistic. Bernard Lonergan provides intellectual tools to probe such experiences and mine their theological significance.