Subject: | | Re: Images of Jesus the Christ |
From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask] writes:
> I received an email from a colleague recently which said that he understood > it to be a Catholic tradition that "the devil cannot lie, mislead perhaps, > but never lie outright." However, he had been unable to find reference to it > in any texts, orthodox or otherwise. I was likewise unable to help. > Can anybody point us in a suitable direction? > John H Hall [...]36_9Dec199908:29:[log in to unmask] |
Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 8 Dec 1999 10:44:14 +0000 (GMT)491_iso-8859-1 --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > With regard to the long or short hair of Jesus, it occurs to > me that since Paul never met him in person, it would be quite > plausible that Paul's and Jesus's ideas of appropriate hair style > were different.
St Paul was of course a Roman citizen, and may have conformed to Roman custom. Actually St Paul did allow his hair to grow long on at least one occasion, as a consequence of a vow (Acts 21:23-6). [...]51_8Dec199910:44:14+0000(GMT)[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:45:42 -0500 (EST) |
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With regard to the long or short hair of Jesus, it occurs to
me that since Paul never met him in person, it would be quite
plausible that Paul's and Jesus's ideas of appropriate hair style
were different.
Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
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