medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> What I know to be true, because I often did it myself and so did all my
> colleagues, is that it was common to present a bright idea as an
> ancient tradition. I suspect that some clergyman decided to base his
> Advent sermons on the theme of the Four Last Things - and why not? -
> and introduced them with the formula 'As is the ancient tradition of
> the Church ...'
This is certainly not a new practice. It was probably more widespread in the Middle
Ages than it is today.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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