medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Terry (and others)
are there, in fact, examples of historical virgin marytrs
whose option of marriage/defloration is independent of their committment
to Christianity? In those with which I am most familiar, sacrificing
to the gods goes along with the offer of marriage. St. Augustine,
of course, did not approve of nuns killing themselves in order
to avoid rape.
Meg
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From: Rosine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:53 AM
To: Cormack, Margaret Jean
Subject: Re: saints of the day 9. February - Apollonia
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Farmer includes the following in his write-up of Apollonia: "Apollonia's
> death has been much discussed by theologians concerned with the legitimacy
> or otherwise of her throwing herself into the flames." There are
certainly
> other cases of early virgin martyrs, for example throwing themselves off
> the roof to escape rape. I wonder if they've generated the same
> controversy.
>
> Phyllis
>
I thought that the church's stand was that since she was given the choice
between recanting her faith or dying by flame (as opposed to some other
female martyrs who were given "die or be married/deflowered"), she was
correct in choosing death "as it would lead to everlasting life with God"
vice recanting and "suffering the flames of hell".
(I'm paraphrasing like crazy, as you can tell.)
Terri
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