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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At 10:09 AM 2/20/01 -1000, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > The theology of the Eighth Day/Eighth Age is definitely in Bede's >writings and I would guess therefore that it goes back into the church >fathers (Jerome? Augustine?). it goes back to augustine, who does a detailed job on the idea in the final books of the de civ. dei. among other things it is part of his anti-millennialism which aimed at getting people to stop thinking in terms of six days/ages/millennia of earthly travail and a seventh of perfect peace in this world (see his exegesis of Ps. 89). ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html