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Post by maya55555 on Oct 4, 2021 14:52:13 GMT
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 4, 2021 17:21:48 GMT
Nice try
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Post by clusium on Oct 4, 2021 18:07:23 GMT
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 4, 2021 18:11:16 GMT
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 4, 2021 18:36:00 GMT
One of the most beautiful poems ever written. A documentary I watched not long ago stated he was not likely the author, but it doesn't really matter, the
devotion and love within WAS his life.
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Post by general313 on Oct 5, 2021 17:00:51 GMT
Frances? I never heard that this saint was transgender.
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 5, 2021 17:46:36 GMT
Frances? I never heard that this saint was transgender.
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Post by lunda2222 on Oct 17, 2021 6:53:42 GMT
Well the guy bragged about never having taken a bath. He considered an unwashed body a stinking badge of piety.
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Post by clusium on Oct 17, 2021 14:52:26 GMT
Well the guy bragged about never having taken a bath. He considered an unwashed body a stinking badge of piety. What a coincidence!!! Baseball players brag about never washing their baseball outfits. They consider unwashed laundry a stinking badge of winning games.
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 17, 2021 17:21:34 GMT
Well the guy bragged about never having taken a bath. He considered an unwashed body a stinking badge of piety.
Also exact recorded quote or it never happened.
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Post by lunda2222 on Oct 17, 2021 20:49:40 GMT
Well the guy bragged about never having taken a bath. He considered an unwashed body a stinking badge of piety.
Also exact recorded quote or it never happened. It's just a BTW since we were speaking about Francis of Assisi. It's not meant to prove anything at all.
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 17, 2021 21:34:32 GMT
What was your purpose in posting this?
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Post by lunda2222 on Oct 17, 2021 23:09:43 GMT
What was your purpose in posting this? It's an interesting historical perspective of Christianity of 1200'ds day and honestly it's been stuck in my head ever since I've read about it some 25 years ago.
There's a story, I don't know if it's true, that he went to Muslim ruled Spain to teach them about Christianity. Naturally, the the quite cleanly Muslims could smell him a mile off and thought he was a stark raving madman and treated him kindly, without really listening to him. So while he went back and told people how he taught them, the Muslims where making Cuckoo gestures behind his back.
As I said, I don't know if it's true, but I can believe it. And it's a very funny story.
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 18, 2021 5:01:03 GMT
Hauling enough water to fill a tub was fraught with some danger before "modern" plumbing. Many people would drown when going to a local body of water.
You were lucky if there was a reasonable body of water nearby.
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Post by clusium on Oct 18, 2021 5:18:32 GMT
What was your purpose in posting this? It's an interesting historical perspective of Christianity of 1200'ds day and honestly it's been stuck in my head ever since I've read about it some 25 years ago.
There's a story, I don't know if it's true, that he went to Muslim ruled Spain to teach them about Christianity. Naturally, the the quite cleanly Muslims could smell him a mile off and thought he was a stark raving madman and treated him kindly, without really listening to him. So while he went back and told people how he taught them, the Muslims where making Cuckoo gestures behind his back.
As I said, I don't know if it's true, but I can believe it. And it's a very funny story.
Francis' own townsfolk made Cuckoo gestures right in front of him, including his own father who disowned him. So, I do not think he objected to Muslims doing it to him.
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