tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post2070519347747881637..comments2023-06-01T09:22:18.917+01:00Comments on Liturgiae Causa: Gregory VII and the Rationale...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-79485548204365798692014-12-10T18:31:49.146+00:002014-12-10T18:31:49.146+00:00Thank you for this.
When Tolkien was asked to con...Thank you for this.<br /><br />When Tolkien was asked to contribute to the Jerusalem Bible in the mid-1950's, he produced an alliterative translation of Isaiah's prophecy. This will be included in a post scheduled to be published later this week.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-83900507040781997752014-12-10T17:03:35.533+00:002014-12-10T17:03:35.533+00:00What would Gregory VII think of the Heliand, assum...What would Gregory VII think of the Heliand, assuming he even had a clue about its existence? This 9th century Old Saxon epic poem is a paraphrase of the Gospel into the style of the time. Here's a modern English translation of the arrest of Jesus:<br /><br />'Christ's followers, wise men deeply distressed by this hostile action, held their position in front. They spoke to their Chieftain. "My Lord Chieftain," they said, "if it should be Your will that we be impaled here on their spear-points, wounded by their weapons, then nothing would be as good to us as to die here, pale from mortal wounds, for our Chieftain." Then Simon Peter, the mighty, the noble swordsman, flew into a rage; his mind was in such turmoil that he could not speak a single word. His heart became intensely bitter because they wanted to tie up his Lord there. So he strode over angrily, that very daring thane, to stand in front of his Commander, right in front of his Lord. No doubting in his mind, no fearful hesitation in his chest,<br />he drew his blade and struck straight at the first man of the enemy with all the strength in his hands, so that Malchus was cut and wounded on the right side by the sword! His ear was chopped off, he was so badly wounded in the head that his cheek and ear burst open with a mortal wound! Blood gushed out, pouring from the wound. The cheek of the enemy's first man had been cut open. The men stood back--they were afraid of the slash of the sword.'<br /><br />-- alienus dilectus (formerly dmw)A. T. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816243030572765014noreply@blogger.com