medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
>
> Could not one equally well say, "It seems ironical that in 1969, when
> there was a purge of 'questionable, spurious or fanciful
> hagiography', Anne should have been suffered to remain on the
> Calendar."?
Well, except for the Immaculate Conception, of course. They made the best of
a bad job by merging two dubious feasts.
> The witticism about the Immaculate Conception aside.
It's not a witticism - that most likely *was* the reason.
> there's really little to distinguish the two: both are fictional and both
> have cults of long standing.
Not really - Anne is in all medieval calendars with a fairly major feast,
whereas Joachim's prominence is post-medieval. He achieves 'promotion' after
the Immaculate Conception becomes a Dogma.
John Briggs
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