medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The appropriate passage from Luke has already been
mentioned. I think what the chronicle is saying here is
that the bishop started out by being very active in
providing for the material needs of his church, but later
changed to become more meditative and spiritual.
Stephen A. Allen
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At 04:37 PM 04/21/2004 EDT, Nancy Spies wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
>
>The following quote is from Geoffrey Malaterra's
11th-century chronicel, "The
>Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily and of Duke
Robert Guiscard his
>Brother" (Graham Loud, trans.), and I am wondering about
the difference between
>the "law of Martha" and the "office of Mary":
>
>"At first the bishop cleaved firmly to the study of the
law of Martha and
>thus in a brief space of time he provided the church with
all the practical
>things which it needed. Then he changed his policy and
adopted the office of Mary
>along with that of Martha." (pages 142-143)
>
>Nancy
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