medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 11:13 PM 04/10/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>About a month ago, I inspired a fascinating discussion of
SYNEISAKTISM by asking for the source of a phrase in Robert
of Arbrissel's Letter to Ermengarde of Anjou. Now I'd like
to float another quote from the same text past you.
>
>Robert is talking about not fasting too rigorously, since
he sees no moral virtue in vegetarianism of itself. I am
particularly interested if anyone knows a source for the
crack about the apple and the lentils.:
>
>Discretionem tene in omnibus, in abstinentia, in jejuniis,
in viglliis, in orationibus. ... *Non est seductus primus
per delectabiles cibos, sed per fructum arboris. Esau per
esum lenticulę perdidit primogenita, non per esum gallinę.*
...Esca et potus non est regnum Dei, sed gratia et pax.
>
The last line of this text is a quotation of Romans 14:17:
"Non est regnum dei esca et potus, sed iustitia et pax et
gaudium in in Spiritu Sancto."
Stephen A. Allen
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