OK so perhaps what I need is evidence of medieval clerical thinking on this ...
Though I would also like to know how widespread it was as a 'popular' belief.
Maddy
On 19/06/2017 15:59, Eleanor Flynn wrote:
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It still pertains among my Irish Catholic relatives, but I have no sources.Eleanor FlynnFrom: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [M-R] death during Mass********************************************************************** 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-religionmedieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and cultureHow widespread was the belief that if you died during Mass, your soul would go straight to heaven? We have several references to this in later medieval Welsh poetry but I've not come across it elsewhere.
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Prof. Madeleine Gray
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