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Effectivement, selon cette lettre, la menstrua consuetudo serait comparable aux pollutions nocturnes ! Comme la faim ou la soif, ce n'est pas une souillure ou une faute mais une conséquence de la faute (venit ex culpa). Cependant cette lettre est plutôt l'exception qui confirme la règle car le pénitentiel d'Egbert d'York (milieu VIIIème siècle) par exemple inflige 20 jours de jeûne à la menstruée qui s'approche de l'eucharistie ou entre dans l'église. (cf PL 89, col. 408 et 427). Some helpful references: - J. Delaney, M.J. Lupton, E. Toth ed., The Curse, A Cultural History of Menstruation, NY, 1977. - Th. Wood, "The Doctor's Dilemma : Sin, Salvation, and the Menstrual Cycle in Medieval Thought", in Speculum, 56, 4, 1981, p. 710-727. - Le Sang au Moyen Age, Actes du Quatrième Colloque International de Montepellier, Université Paul-Valéry (27-29 novembre 1997), Les Cahiers du C.R.I.S.I.M.A., n°4, 1999. - H. Toubert, "La Vierge et les sages-femmes. Un jeu iconographiqe entre les évangiles apocryphes et le drame liturgique", in Marie. Le culte de la Vierge dans la société médiévale, Paris, 1996, p. 327-360. Damien Jo-Ann McNamara a écrit : > Women were not supposed to enter the altar area at all--though I suspect > this was often ignored when it was a question of cleaning. Nevertheless, > purists would not allow women to touch the sacred vessels either. Thus any > untoward effect of women's natural functions was contained reasonably well. > There is a famous letter attributed to Gregory the Great in Bede's > Ecclesiastical History denying the idea that women could be considered > "polluting" when menstruating or giving birth or otherwise functioning > according to God's plan but in general ecclesiastical authorities were > inclined to take no chances. > > Jo Ann > > The law locks up the man or woman > Who steals the goose from off the common > But leaves the greater villain loose > Who steals the common from the goose. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephanie Budin <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:46 AM > Subject: Re: de[con]secration/de-secration (bloodshed) > > > Many Greetings from a new member, > > > > Concerning bloodshed and sexual acts as defiling, was there any > >prohibition against giving birth within church space? > > > > Stephanie Budin