medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Not necessarily a Lateran council but certainly one that Catholics of the
Roman obedience would have considered universal (e.g., in the 13th cent.,
the 1st and 2d councils of Lyon, or the council of Florence in the
fifteenth cent.). That said, I quite agree with Richard Landes'
construction of Hargreaves' "any council" (unless the latter is qualified
in some way not apparent from the quotation). Historians are presumed to
be able to distinguish between ecumenical and local councils and to respect
this distinction in their own writing. What Hargreaves' *intent* may have
been is another matter. Best, John Dillon
At 11:57 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, Richard Landes wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>At 09:42 AM 4/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>>Richard,
>>
>>I think that the key to Hargreaves's point is one of universal and absolute
>>prohibition. Presumably the action of the council of Toulouse was limited
>>geographically and probably also temporally, as it was produced during the
>>time of the repression of the Cathars in Languedoc.
>
>he does say "any council" which seems highly misleading to say the
>least. otherwise "universal and absolute prohibition" wd have to come
>from a lateran council, no?
>
>r
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