medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marjorie Greene wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> If I may embroider on this: "By the time of the Golden Legend, Chris
> was a giant who turned Christian and took to helping travelers across
> a local river---one of whom was the child Jesus in disguise." As he
> was carrying the Christ child, the latter became heavier by the
> moment. When Chris asked about this phenomenon, the child replied
> that he was bearing the weight of the sins of the world. I have no
> copy of the Golden Legend at hand so I don't know the source of the
> embroidery I mention.
Not exactly: Voragine (trans. Ryan) has "Don't be surprised, Christopher!
You were not only carrying the whole world, you had him who created the
world upon your shoulders!"
John Briggs
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