tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post5453538080680530361..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: IsisFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-55415416703631590022019-10-26T19:31:56.744+01:002019-10-26T19:31:56.744+01:00I'm sorry to be vague, Father, but I rely on a...I'm sorry to be vague, Father, but I rely on a very vague memory. I seem to recall, maybe in Italy, seeing a representation of a seated pagan goddess with a child which uncannily resembled OLW as represented in both Anglican and RC iconography.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10739858404676727092019-10-25T23:18:29.769+01:002019-10-25T23:18:29.769+01:00There are examples of monks (S. Daniel the Stylite...There are examples of monks (S. Daniel the Stylite near Constantinople comes to mind) deliberately occupying temples in order to drive out the demons who lived there. This is the polar opposite of pagan-Christian continuity; it is deliberate disinfection. I think Gregory the Great's advice to S. Augustine (of C) needs to be viewed in that spirit. Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-75812066264667525562019-10-25T23:02:56.017+01:002019-10-25T23:02:56.017+01:00The only missionaries I see are Pagan and they ar...The only missionaries I see are Pagan and they are happily re-dedicating Christ in the demon idols. Christ is utterly absent, (as one would expect).<br /><br />I am stunned. Stunned by what they are doing. Stunned that no one declares anathemas. All are floating down the River Styx on the Pachamama boat. <br /><br />Not I. I am not with them. If that is the Catholic Church (it isn’t) Aquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691722006352014613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88816849441448089302019-10-25T17:47:19.031+01:002019-10-25T17:47:19.031+01:00There are a couple examples of miraculously or han...There are a couple examples of miraculously or handily found statues of Roman patrician women getting repurposed as saints or Mary, but that was mostly in Roman areas that got taken over by barbarians. Mistaking pagan Roman sarcophagi for saint burials was more common.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-16874511013881291462019-10-25T15:45:50.098+01:002019-10-25T15:45:50.098+01:00Father, it might interest you, but in my patria if...Father, it might interest you, but in my patria if you visit the cathedral of Braga you will find something quite interesting on one of the outer walls. Apparently a temple of Isis Augusta was demolished and its stones were then used to build the cathedral. One of those stones has an inscription on it refering to its origins. Curiously, the cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady (as are the majority Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.com