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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Meg, are you perhaps recalling Bishop Daniel of Winchester's advice to Boniface from c. 723-24? I've used this in class before, downloaded from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and originally in C. H. Talbot, /The Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in Germany/ (1954): "Do not begin by arguing with them about the genealogies of their false gods. Accept their statement that they were begotten by other gods through the intercourse of male and female and then you will be able to prove that, as these gods and goddesses did not exist before, and were born like men, they must be men and not gods. When they have been forced to admit that their gods had a beginning, since they were begotten by others, they should be asked whether the world had a beginning or was always in existence. There is no doubt that before the universe was created there was no place in which these created gods could have subsisted or dwelt. Etc." Best (with condolences to the turkeys), John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Jean Cormack" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:30:14 AM Subject: Re: [M-R] arguments for the use of missionaries medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Greetings all, I know I have seen - I'm pretty sure in English translation - a text in which persons confronted with non-Christians are advised how to convince them of the Christian truth, by asking about their gods, what was BEFORE those gods, who created the universe in the first place, etc. Can anyone supply with the name (and a good bibliographical reference!) for such a text, in the original or translation? Of course, there may be more than one . . . I'm looking for the outline of an argument, NOT thinking of Gregory the Great's letter about turning temples into churches (though if there is a preferred translation of that, it would be good to know about.) Happy Thanksgiving, Meg ********************************************************************** 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 -- John Shinners Professor, Schlesinger Chair in Humanistic Studies Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Phone: 574-284-4494 or 574-284-4534 Fax: 284-4855 www.saintmarys.edu/~hust "Learn everything. Later you will see that nothing is superfluous." -- Hugh of St. Victor (d. 1141) ********************************************************************** 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