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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The Catholic Encyclopaedia (1907 version) offers a very brief summary of different uses of 'basilica' at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02325a.htm. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [M-R] Basilica > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > How about the notion that a basilica is a church built specifically to > > house a relic? I have this in the back of my mind and wonder if I > > dreamed it up or if it has some validity. In other words, "basilica" > > may refer to form or function. MG > > Marjorie, > Besides the use of the word "basilica" as a general architectural type, it came to be > used in a highly technical manner by the Catholic Church as a designation for a > category of church, but this, so far as I have been able to ascertain, is a very late > development of the 18th or 19th century. I have yet to learn of a very clear > definition of this ecclesiastical use of the term, besides the fact that it designates a > very important church of some sort. > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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