medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 30 Nov 2005, at 21:06, Chris Laning wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
>> So an angel could perhaps have distributed the Eucharist, but
>> could not have confected it. Being vested with stola and also
>> sometimes in tunic wouldbe appropriate for that role as well as
>> perhaps the messenger/preacher/proclaimer/minister role.
>
> Seems to me I recall that one of the 19th-century or early 20th-
> century visionaries asked such an angel about this. Reportedly, the
> angel explained that the already-consecrated hosts distributed by
> angels were taken from tabernacles elsewhere in the world, in
> places where they wouldn't be missed. I suppose an angel would know
> these things :)
Far be it from me to second-guess an angel, but isn't it still
stealing to take something that doesn't belong to you, even if nobody
will miss it?
Scott Carson
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