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Early Modern · 1690
The Athenagoric Letter
Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1648–1695
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What it is
A critique of a celebrated sermon by a Portuguese Jesuit on Christ's greatest act of love, arguing that it was his restraint in withholding benefits.
Why it lasted
A woman publicly correcting a famous male theologian — published without her consent, which set off the crisis that ended her writing life.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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