I read with interest Graham Jones' query relating to any possible connections
between the cults of Becket and that of John the Baptist. Following Sherry's
suggestion, I emerged from lurking, to check out the summaries of the sermons
preached about Becket to see whether any such references appear. I am sorry to
report that I came up with nothing relating to the Baptist. Comparisons with
other biblical figures abound, e.g. Abel, Abraham, Joab, Christ (frequently),
athlete of Christ, Joseph, Moses, David, Jacob, Symeon, Eliseus, Abner, Morde-
chai, Judah Maccabee, Zachariah. All these appear, but oddly enough (given the
references that Sherry sent along from the Lives etc.) John the Baptist is
absent from the sermons about Becket. Phyllis Roberts [log in to unmask]
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