Nor can the multiplication of altars be separated from the evolution of
the Chantry.
Tom Izbicki
On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 13:30:07 -0500 (EST)
> From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Three Masses
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> >In relation to Cluny certainly one related aspect of the multiplication of
> altars in western churches was the increasing numbers of private
> masses - obits and anniversaries - that churches were obligated to
> perform. Cluny collected such masses earlier than most churches, but
> they became rather widespread in western Europe through the 12th
> century, I believe.... Presumably, the inception of this practice of churches
> accepting private donations in return for anniversary masses...
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> Late last millennium, i believe it was on this list, the subject came up, in
> passing, that accepting donations in return for masses was, in spirit and,
> perhaps, in letter, a violation of canon law.
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> at the time it occurred to me that, while this may have been, literally, true,
> it was also surely the most violated law on the books, to judge by the vast
> number of charters in institutional cartularies which
> juridically formalize precisely such a practice.
>
> best to all from sunny san hosay,
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> christopher
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