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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My favorite solution is that angels are solemn creatures and therefore do not dance. Andrew E. Larsen On Jun 30, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Richard Blum <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Here is the solution (thanks to Gyorgy Gereby): > http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i3/angels-7-3.htm > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:57 PM, John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> I posed this same question to the list back in Nov. 1999 (!). To see the >> thread of answers, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion and >> type "dancing angels" into the search box. >> >> Suddenly feeling sorta old, >> John >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:11 PM, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>> >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >>> >>> On 30/06/2013 14:20, Jane Stemp Wickenden wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Regarding the angels, for once in a while Wikipedia has a useful article >>>> on that exact question: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin >>> >>> >>> Unfortunately, that Wikipedia entry contains what they stigmatise as >>> "original research" (a theory is floated without references.) It gives no >>> earlier quotation than the Chillingworth one. >>> >>> John Briggs >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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: subscribe 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: >> unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > > > > -- > Dr. Paul Richard Blum > ( T.J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy) > Loyola University Maryland > 4501 North Charles Street > Baltimore, MD 21210 > [log in to unmask] > 410-617-2815 > http://renaissancephilosophy.blogspot.com/ > http://existenceandanthropology.blogspot.com/ > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion