Sounds like you've been reading a boiled-down version of the
arguments advanced by G.B. Ladner (The Gestures of Prayer
in Papal Iconography....' Didiscaliae 1961). The article is
worth reading, but not convincing from what I recollect of
it.
laura Jacobus
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:45:10 -0500 (EST) Kathryn Coughlin
wrote:
> From: Kathryn Coughlin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:45:10 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Prayer
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Since this thread started, I have been wracking my mind
trying to remember
> where, in the last two months, I read that Christians
prayed standing with
> their arms outstretched or prone on the ground with their
face down until
> vassalage (not defined) became the norm. At that point,
Christians prayed
> on their knees, with their hands clasped as a vassal
before his lord. I
> remember thinking, "I have to follow this up." Has anyone
else read this
> and how probable is this?
>
> Kathryn
>
> "Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and
then work,
> work, work till we die." C.S. Lewis, _Surprised by Joy_,
chap. 4
>
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