medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
If classmembers have had some Protestant history exposure, they may have heard
about "rebaptism" in connection with the Anabaptist movement, the very name of
which means "rebaptism"! To oversimplify things, the idea was that the only valid
baptism was of persons who understood what was going on (not infants), thus the
need for a new ("adult") baptism of persons associated with the movement.
As for "extreme unction" and "last rites," these terms were (are?) used regularly
in Protestant understandings of Catholicism, and it was also believed that
Catholics used these terms at least to the mid-20th century. A google.com search
will indicate how widely this terminology was, and is, in circulation, inaccurate
though it has become through recent (i.e. the past two generations)
clarifications.
Overclarification sometimes can impede accurate understanding!
Bob
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> thank you to everyone for their explanations and help in explaining unction
> of the sick and the non-existence of re-baptism (which sounded bizarre and
> against everything i knew, but am less familiar with modern catholic
> theology). i will report back to my class tomorrow, and try and root those
> urban legends -- a tough row to hoe in a survey class--even in the best of
> weather.
> Kit French
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