medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]>
> The grave story, though common enough, sounds exceptionally fishy and in the
digging-a-bit-each-day version would surely result before long in an
inconveniently large hole.
depends.
on how much was done each day and how long the guy lived.
>The old Catholic Encyclopedia denies it as a myth with regard to the
Trappists, the usual object of the accusation: <
> http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15024a.htm>
as i said, i once saw --early on in my Book Dealing Career, nearly 30 years
ago-- a small cut depicting at least what i believed then (i don't remember
why) was a monk digging his own grave (i.e., not that of another monk).
my (very dim) memory is that something in the context was Trappist; and the
date was 17th c. or so.
i remember it because it seemed to me to be a particularly _a propos_
practice; why the modren Church would be ashamed of it is quite beyond my ken,
as are all the things that the present Church *should* be ashamed of but
appears not to be.
>There might be something of relevance in the literature on the Ars m., or in
D. Dinet, "Mourir en religion aux dix-septième et dix-huitième siècles",
Revue historique 259 (1978) 29-54 + bibliog.
too bad that this is not on JSTOR.
or that there is not a French JSTOR (at least, i assume that there isn't).
> Declaration and confession: In my younger days I used to tend our monastery
cemetery as often as I could get away with it because it was an occasion for
riding around on the sit-on mower and sometimes on the tractor, but I don't
think that counts in this context.
no, it doesn't, but sounds like Great Fun.
To0 Resolvimus.
c
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