medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> as to "door symbolism", here's an interesting text i recently came across,
> from the introductory lines of an 11th c. fabrication which purports to be an
> act of King Lothair (died 986) for the abbey of St. Peter of Chartres:
>
> "In the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity, that is of the Father, the
> Son, and the Holy Spirit: Lothair, king by divine favor. Just as to those
> pondering in the present age the beauty of the tabernacle of the glory of God,
> the entrance is disclosed into the house of the eternity of life itself;
> likewise to those who storm this one door, also undoubtedly will lie open
> another, the doorway into the hell of the underworld of perpetual death; for
> hope in the former we rejoice faithfully without yet joining the invisible
> truth; in regard to the other we gain resolution by holding fast." (CSP 1:81).
Dear Christopher,
Many thanks for this, and for the splendid reconstructions, which I had forgotten
about, and the excellent plan, which I didn't know about. All of this certainly
strengthens my argument.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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