medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In a message dated 9/19/03 12:02:16 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> 1) When did `Memento, homo, quia pulvis es ...' become liturgical use for
> the rite of Ash Wednesday
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I hope this will help:
The use of ashes as a token of penance and sorrow is an ancient one, often
mentioned in the Scripture of the Old Testament (Jonas 3, 5-9; Jeremias 6,26
and 25, 34; etc.). Christ, too, refers to this custom, in Matthew 11, 21. The
Church accepted it from Jewish tradition and preserved its original meaning.
The early Christian writer Tertullian (third century) mentions the imposition
of ashes as one of the external marks of Christian penance.
DM
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