I would hazard the guess that Augustine Baker's use of "vacare Deo et
divinis" might have been inspired by the texts in the RB that talk about
giving oneself over to lectio or to otio.
Thomas Sullivan, OSB
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Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: Vacare Deo et divinis
>The man who could hav eexplained this here is dead. I will try another. For
>myself I have no idea...
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>Anselm
>Ampleforth Abbey, York
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>From: Stephen J. Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: 11 November 1998 21:01
>Subject: Re: Vacare Deo et divinis
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>>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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