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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bull's eye! Thank you Kerry. yrs, t. ault On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:07:59 -0500 "V. Kerry Inman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >culture > > Actually it goes back as far as anyone can read. The origin of the >concept is > at least Sumerian where the temple was simply 'the big house.' > > --V. K. Inman > > > Quoting SHERRY L REAMES <[log in to unmask]>: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >>culture >> >> My old concordance to the Bible lists about two dozen Biblical >>passages >> with the wording "house of God," several dozen more with "house of >>the >> Lord," and some from Psalms where "thy house" clearly refers to the >> temple, as well as the ones in which Jesus refers to "my Father's >>house". >> >> Sherry Reames >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Cecil T Ault <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Friday, December 3, 2004 9:30 am >> Subject: Re: [M-R] churches as houses >> >> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> > culture >> > This may not be what you requested, but it might provide a thought >>on >> > the question you raise. The idea of a temple being a house for a >>god >> > is ancient. It is still the case in India and was so for the >>Greeks >> > and Romans. The god dwelled/swells in this house, attended >>his/her >> > priests who were there to attend to the temple and the god, which >> > included performing rituals. However, the rituals were usually >>not a >> > public affair, but something done either for the god, him/herself, >>as >> > a matter of course, or for a special occasion, paid for by an >> > individual. The church, as we understand it, is the product of a >> > congregational religion, where people gather together as a >>community >> > of celebrants, regularly, for rites and services. Certainly >>Church >> > architecture bears out this observation as early "churches" simply >> > took the old basilica from Rome (not temples to any of the Roman >> > pantheon) as the type of building to be used for Christian rites >>and >> > ceremonies, especially the sacrifice of the Mass for which the >>altar >> > was placed in the apse, formerly reserved for the seat of state. >> The >> > church building continued to be elaborated and enlarged, >>culminating >> > (according to some, including myself) in the glories of the Gothic >> > style, epitomized by such magnificent edifices as Chartres & >> > Westminster. So, the house of God has lots of room for everyone. >> > yrs, tom ault >> > >> > On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:21:41 -0500 >> > Katherine French <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion >>and >> > >culture >> > > >> > > has anyone written on the idea that the church building is god's >> > >house. >> > > several late medieval english didactic works make this equasion, >>and >> > >i >> > > know it comes from the gospel of John when Jesus clears the >>temple >> > >(or >> > > at least i have assumed it does.) >> > > thanks in advance, >> > > kit french >> > > >> > > >> > >> **********************************************************************> >> 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 >> > >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 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 ********************************************************************** 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