medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
And there were certainly popular sermons in the High and Late M.A. that
featured discussions of fraudulent relics. I recall one sermon with a story
about a man who prayed to a fraudulent relic believing it was a genuine
relic, and he was rewarded for his faith in the fake relic with a genuine
miracle. Another sermon tells the story of a preacher who carried around a
peacock feather and claimed it was the feather of an angel. So preachers
certainly felt that there was enough popular awareness of fraudulent relics
that the subject could be addressed in sermons.
Andrew E. Larsen
On 3/25/08 1:50 PM, "Tom Izbicki" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> There was a known difference between fraudulent relics (see the fight
> over the Wilsnack hosts as described, most recently by Bynum) and things
> that were believed to be true then but are not now. Think of the saints
> removed from the calendar by Paul VI. These latter (like George) were
> believed in devoutly, & their cults are examples of a different age of
> religiosity.
>
> Tom Izbicki
>
> V. Kerry Inman wrote:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture I sorry, I don't follow you. I am a modern. I study the
>> medieval period. I am interested in whether or not the relics are
>> true. Am I offending someone's religion by saying that at the very
>> least most of them look like frauds? Does this really offend people?
>> Seriously, I don't know anyone like this, yet the discussion on this
>> list seems to be like a debate over whether God exists or not?
>>
>> V. K. Inman
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>> Dear friends,
>> Thank you for the interesting discussion, but the question of
>> "true" or "false" concernig relics is a modern one and not
>> historical, at least not medieval.
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