medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 15/07/2010 20:40, Richard Kay wrote:
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> The *Rituale Romanum* (1925/1947) in the ordo "De baptismo adultorum" asks the candidate: "Abrenuntias satanae? --Et omnibus operibus ejus? --Et omnibus pompis ejus?" to which the replies are "Abrenuntio." Paul Griffth, in *The Priest's New Ritual" (1944) translated literally: "And all his pomps?" I suspect that "glamor" and the rest crept in with a post-Vatican-II revision.
> The *Book of Common Prayer" had long ago amalgamated and elaborated the 3 questions in the "Baptism of those of riper years": "Dost thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all the covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?"
> The word *pompa* in this sense is not biblical but solidly patristic, used e.g. by Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine (for references, see s.v. Blaise, *Dict. Auteurs Chret..").
> Do let us know if you discover why "glamor" won out over "attractions" or "seductions."
I find it mildly worrying that it took nearly a thousand years for
anyone to notice that "Et omnibus pompis eius" didn't make a huge amount
of sense :-)
John Briggs
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