medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
That's hopelessly outdated - I wouldn't believe a word of it.
John Briggs
On 01/09/2013 21:29, Ms B M Cook wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>> From The Catholic Encyclodedia (1911) - on line version.
>
> Under "Minor Orders"
>
> "There are, then, in the Western Church four minor orders: porter,
> lector, exorcist, and acolyte; the cantors merely exercise an office and
> are not an order. These four orders are all mentioned about the year 252
> in the famous letter of Pope Cornelius to Fabius of Antioch (Eusebius,
> Church History I.6.43): "He (Novatian) knew that there were in this
> Church (of Rome) 46 priests, 7 deacons, 7 subdeacons, 42 acolytes, and
> 52 exorcists, lectors, and porters." "
>
>
> The full article is rather more nuanced and compare Latin with Greek
> practice and what flourished at what date.
>
> An exorcist therefore ranked above a "reader" and below a "server" - but
> I think the latter Minor Order was often the level at which "ordinands"
> completed their training.
>
> Clearly, in the early centuries, if you came from a pagan family and
> were being baptised as an adult (and had p[resumably taken part in pagan
> rituals), then exorcism was routine, a prerequisite to baptism.
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