medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Absolutely no offense meant. I thought you were
referring to the "choice" of the Queen's birthday
regardless of the actual date of her birth and
comparing that with Christmas. My point was that we
know ER II's birth date whereas Christ's remains a
mystery.
MG
--- "Ms Brenda M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> > I have always "heard" (again, I'm crippled by lack
> of
> > research resources) that the Church took over the
> > Roman feast of light to celebrate the New Light.
>
> The birthday of Sol Invicta = the Unconquered Sun.
> Which could be taken as a pagan prefiguring of
> Christ if one chose...
>
> But
> > considering the remainder of your post, I suspect
> your
> > tongue was planted firmly in your cheek...
>
> Absolutely not. Do we have a cultural gulf here ?
> The Queen, who is both
> crowned and anointed, is in a very specialised
> sense, God's chosen
> representative in the area of temporal power. At the
> Coronation, the
> archbishops (the lords spiritual) as well as the
> peers (lords temporal) did
> homage to her, although the wording is (I think)
> slightly different for the
> two groups.
>
> BMC
>
>
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