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Michelle A. Gonzalez _ Sor Juana: Beauty and Justice
Juana does not side exactly with either of the two medieval answers to the question of the purpose of the incarnation. She does not, with Anselm, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas, understand the incarnation as primarily remedial, chosen by God to undo the effects of sin by way of redemption. Juana comes closer to John Duns Scotus's idea: the purpose of the incarnation is that humankind should give God the highest possible glory. Yet her view cannot be identified simply with this. Rather, the purpose of the incarnation-identical to that of creation-is the ultimate union of two kinds of divine beauty: the beauty of the eternal Word and the beauty that has been given to creatures.
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