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Dispensatio' often expresses the idea of the divine plan of salvation (cf. Blaise, Vocabulaire latin, n. 139, or s.v. in his Dictionnaire... des auteurs chrétiens), so this phrase perhaps indicates something along the lines of "to the places of true divine providence". Or perhaps, since dispensatio also means "arrangement", it merely means "to places which are in the right direction". Or both. -- Paul Chandler
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Right. That's the text I'm looking at. I'm wondering what "the places of just dispensation" is? If it were singular, I'd have thought it meant Jerusalem, bu its not. There's a theological vocabulary here that I'm not versed in, and wondered what it meant. Any thoughts? (this may be very simple; but I don't know the answer)
ceciliaOn Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Tom Izbicki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Cecilia,
It's liturgical, from a Benedictio pro iter agentibu:
Patrologia latina Vol. 78
Gregorius I:
ALIUD BENEDICTIONUM EPISCOPALIUM SUPPLEMENTUM. (C)* 84Kb
...Iter vestrum inspiciat, subsequens praecedat, gressus dirigat, et ad
justae dispensationis loca sine offensione perducat. Amen. Quatenus ejus
gloriam in saeculi...
I am unsure whether Gregory is the actual author.
Tom Izbicki