6 October. Faith, Virgin and Martyr. 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
A "word" for Anabaptistic Munsterites, TBNers, Costals, and other enthusiasts. Mr. Osteen, let us introduce you to Faith of Aquitaine.
From: http://www.eskimo.com/
"Faith, Virgin and Martyr, according to tradition, in Aquitania, under the Diocletian persecution. Although nothing but this is known of her, yet, perhaps from her significant name, many churches in England, including one in the crypt of old St. Paul's, were dedicated to her—October 6th."
Vis a vis the above, it's long, long overdue...to Reform the Book of Common Prayer.
We would suggest the Prayer Book be changed here. The reference to her "sexuality" or "virginity" reeks of medievalistic ideas. What matters is that, married or single, she was honorable and dutiful in whatever estate she found herself. Furthermore, it's mind-bendingly naïve to say "little is known" yet to make "an assertion" that she was a virgin or not, particularly since hagiography has notorious additions and adaptations.
Beyond the above, we would note, the following from our researches in John Foxe, that old Reformed Anglican and Prayer Book man, although he refused conformity to some "puerilities." We’ve been counting and keeping numbers, that is, we've been numbering the martyrs with some fallibility but also some sense of the numbers. Faith is "Martyr #1516." She falls in Diocletian's reign of Roman imperial persecution. She was from Aquitaine, France.
Allegedly, as Foxe reports it, she was broiled and then beheaded.
Aquitaine is pictured below.
Foxe, John. The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2001.
Satire-snark alert. Christian Martyrs Tweet Joel Osteen.http://www.youtube.com/
A "word" for Anabaptistic Munsterites, TBNers, Costals, and other enthusiasts. Mr. Osteen, let us introduce you to Faith of Aquitaine.
From: http://www.eskimo.com/
"Faith, Virgin and Martyr, according to tradition, in Aquitania, under the Diocletian persecution. Although nothing but this is known of her, yet, perhaps from her significant name, many churches in England, including one in the crypt of old St. Paul's, were dedicated to her—October 6th."
Vis a vis the above, it's long, long overdue...to Reform the Book of Common Prayer.
We would suggest the Prayer Book be changed here. The reference to her "sexuality" or "virginity" reeks of medievalistic ideas. What matters is that, married or single, she was honorable and dutiful in whatever estate she found herself. Furthermore, it's mind-bendingly naïve to say "little is known" yet to make "an assertion" that she was a virgin or not, particularly since hagiography has notorious additions and adaptations.
Beyond the above, we would note, the following from our researches in John Foxe, that old Reformed Anglican and Prayer Book man, although he refused conformity to some "puerilities." We’ve been counting and keeping numbers, that is, we've been numbering the martyrs with some fallibility but also some sense of the numbers. Faith is "Martyr #1516." She falls in Diocletian's reign of Roman imperial persecution. She was from Aquitaine, France.
Allegedly, as Foxe reports it, she was broiled and then beheaded.
Aquitaine is pictured below.
Foxe, John. The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2001.
Satire-snark alert. Christian Martyrs Tweet Joel Osteen.http://www.youtube.com/
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