The man who could hav eexplained this here is dead. I will try another. For
myself I have no idea...
Anselm
Ampleforth Abbey, York
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From: Stephen J. Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 11 November 1998 21:01
Subject: Re: Vacare Deo et divinis
>What do you make of "vacare" in Baker's sense? I ran across a phrase in
>Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica I, vii, concerning the martyrdom of St.
>Alban. A pagan judge asks Alban about his pedigree and Alban defiantly
>answers, "Christianum iam me esse Christianisque officiis vacare
>cognosce." Is this a standard use of the term, as in an administrative
>or martial execution of duty?
>
>Stephen
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