On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:39:14 -0700 Nancy Caciola
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> Hello again,
>
> I have another request for guidance from the collective wisdom of the list.
> I'm sure I recall a medieval debate over a series of linked questions
> arising from the definition of the word "homo." The first concerns whether
> "homo" includes both men and women. Dependent upon the former is a question
> about "imago Dei:" if women are (or aren't) included in "homo," then are
> (or aren't) they in the image of God?
'Homo' is translated as 'woman' in a c15 translation of the
Benedictine rule for women. I don't have the details with
me, but can find an exact reference if that would help.
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