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To split hairs, since John the Baptist and Saint
Joseph died before Jesus, are they not considered OT
saints?
MG
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> Dear All
>
> Richard Copsey's comment that
> >With regard to churches dedicated to Old Testament
> figures, none come
> quickly to mind,
> he is, of course, quite right to point out the
> paucity of such churches
> in western Europe. It goes without saying that the
> position is different
> in eastern and central Europe. See the Balkan and
> Russian datasets soon
> to be available on the TASC website.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Graham
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Copsey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 15 January 2002 11:06
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Old Testament Saints?
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> With regard to churches dedicated to Old Testament
> figures, none come
> quickly to mind. However, the medieval Carmelite
> Order had a special
> interest in Elijah and Elisha - claiming that they
> were the original
> founders of the hermit community on Mount Carmel -
> and so these two
> O.T.
> prophets featured prominently in the Order's
> calendar of saints (and
> still
> do). There is even an 18th cent. statue of Elijah -
> as founder of the
> Carmelite Order - in St. Peter's, Rome.
> Fifteenth century Carmelite catalogues of saints
> also contained other
> O.T.
> figures whom the Carmelites claimed to have been
> hermits on Mount Carmel
> and
> hence "members" of the Order, e.g. Jonah, son of the
> widow of Sarepta
> whom
> Elijah raised from the dead, Obadiah who sheltered
> some of the prophets
> during the persecution of Achab, the prophet Micah,
> and even John the
> Baptist (whose statue, clothed as a Carmelite was in
> the Carmelite
> church,
> Nottingham, in the 15th cent).
>
> Richard Copsey
>
>
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