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Fasting against God in medieval Ireland August 23, 2010

Posted by Beachcombing in : Medieval
Fasting against God in medieval Ireland

Beachcombing begins today with a reference to the medieval Irish belief – winningly surviving in parts of the Irish countryside to this day – that St Patrick not God would judge the Irish on the day of judgement. This makes for pretty awful theology, not least because St Patrick was expected to overlook some of [...]