medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 4:25 am, Brenda Cook wrote:
> The motive for including that particular image from StD is that it
> resonates
> very nicely with Abelard's Big Bust Up with the monks there. He dared
> to
> challenge the identity of Saint Denis their beloved patron and as a
> consequence - I simplify - he had to run off and Found the Paraclete.
> (There
> IS more than one Saint Denis as I am sure John has told us but the
> monks
> didn't like it ......)
Yes. Were Abelard all the Platonist he is sometimes made out to be, he could have consoled his audience with the notion that there is but one Ur-Dionysius whom we have to make out dimly through the different forms of him that we perceive. THAT would surely have gone over well!
<ducks>
--jd
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