medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The term Basilica, as Jim descusses it, is any church where a Pope has
said a Mass. I remember reading this somewhere but cannot remember
the source. As for the question of relics, I'm organizing some
information on that, now. yrs, tom ault
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:59:58 -0600
Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
>
>> How about the notion that a basilica is a church built specifically
>>to
>> house a relic? I have this in the back of my mind and wonder if I
>> dreamed it up or if it has some validity. In other words, "basilica"
>> may refer to form or function. MG
>
> Marjorie,
> Besides the use of the word "basilica" as a general architectural
>type, it came to be
> used in a highly technical manner by the Catholic Church as a
>designation for a
> category of church, but this, so far as I have been able to
>ascertain, is a very late
> development of the 18th or 19th century. I have yet to learn of a
>very clear
> definition of this ecclesiastical use of the term, besides the fact
>that it designates a
> very important church of some sort.
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
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