-Caveat Lector-
And pagan elements being incorporated into the actual structures of the
churches, not to forget superstitions that became part of the rituals.
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The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
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: From: Robert Tatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Subject: Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] June: CHRISTMAS WISHES]
: Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 1:07 PM
:
: This was deliberate policy, like the assumption of local
place-gods/goddesses
: into the canon of saints. (Compare the pagan and Christian cults of "holy
: wells," esp. in Ireland.) The Church's attitude was that people were
going to
: worship there anyhow, so might as well put something Christian there so
that
: they would be worshipping Jesus rather than something pagan. Very
pragmatic,
: and it worked; it also had the effect of channeling the energies of the
old
: pagan "hot spots" into the Church, and probably contributed to the
success of
: Christianity in these particular parishes. Parishes where churches were
built
: on top of pagan sites flourished; parishes where churches were built
*away*
: from sites associated with the Old Religions tended to languish...until a
new
: church was finally built where the pagans had always worshipped.
:
: Bob
:
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