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Dear John,
Thank you for this. I'm not sure that the various letters listed on the website are the
same as the one I'm interested in. The celestial post office must have been kept
fairly busy during the Middle Ages! I shall certainly look at the sources you so
kindly provided.
Many thanks,
Jim Bugslag
On 17 Sep 2006 at 12:13, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear Jim,
>
> You might find something useful in treatments of Christ's letter on the
> observance of Sunday, often referred to as the "Letter from Heaven".
> Michel van Esbroeck, "La lettre sur le dimanche, descendue du ciel",
> _AB_ 107 (1989), 267-284, has a good but not exhaustive bibliography.
>
> If memory serves, that letter is also discussed in Jacqueline Borsje,
> _From Chaos to Enemy: Encounters with Monsters in Early Irish Texts_
> (Steenbrugge, 1996; Instrumenta Patristica, 29).
> For some versions in English-translation specifying its protective
> powers, see:
> http://www.catholictradition.org/Christ/true-letter.htm.
>
> Surely someone has edited a collection of the Correspondence of the Holy
> Family, including not only forms of this missive but also the
> Abgar-Jesus correspondence and (a personal favorite) Mary's letter to
> the people of Messina.
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
> On Sunday, September 17, 2006, at 9:55 am, Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
> > The only reference I have so far is to a relatively late citation,
> > in English, in Scot's
> > Discoverie of Witchcraft. That version starts out:
> > "The epistle of St. Saviour, which Pope Leo sent to King Charles,
> > saienge, that
> > whoseover carrieth the same about him, or in what daie so euer he
> > shall read it, or
> > shall see it, he shall not be killed with anie iron toole, nor be
> > burned with fier, nor be
> > drowned with water, neither anie euill man or other creature maie
> > hurt him. The
> > crosse of Christ is a wonderfull defense + the crosse of Christ be
> > alwaies with me +
> > the crosse is it which I doo always worship + the crosse of Christ
> > is true health + the
> > crosse of Christ lose the bands of death + the crosse of Christ is
> > the truth and the
> > waie + I take my iourney upon the crosse of the Lord + he crosse of
> > Christ beateth
> > downe euerie euill + the crosse of Christ giueth all good things +
> > the crosse of
> > Christ saue me + O Crosse of Christ be upon me, before me, and
> > behind me +
> > because the ancient enimie cannot abide the sight of thee + the
> > crosse of Christ
> > saue me, Keepe me, gouerne me, direct me + *Thomas* bearing this
> > note of thy
> > divine maiestie + *Alpha* + *Omega* first + & last + middest + &
> > end + beginning +
> > & first begotten + wisedome + & vertue +"
> >
> > What I would like to find is an earlier Latin version of this text,
> > and if possible, some
> > sort of commentary on it.
>
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