>
>In the Life of Teresa of Avila, chapter 24, there is reference to a vision
>in which a *seraphim* appears to her, holding a long, golden
javelin with a
>flaming tip. He pierces her heart, leaving her aflame with the love of God.
>
A pedant replies:
Seraph please.
Seraphim are plural (in Hebrew): when they assemble in English they
can be seraphs.
But when practising the eremitical life (something tells me that an
angel can't do that) or on a lone mission (scripture tells mme they
do that) s/he is a seraph (or, should the eventuality arise, a
cherub).
Lingua in maxilla posita (?maxillata)
a.c.
Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
GB - YO6 4EN
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