tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328133358503473280.post4998534285191637551..comments2024-03-27T08:16:14.605-07:00Comments on The Lost Photographer: Wolf!Art in Hidinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577159776320730061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328133358503473280.post-49662508749965159292008-11-07T07:55:00.000-08:002008-11-07T07:55:00.000-08:00Hi,Thanks for the explanation. I suppose I should ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the explanation. I suppose I should be more willing to believe that people were actually convinced many years ago. No reason why they shouldn't be without any opposing view to follow.<BR/><BR/>Difficult for us educated contemporaries to imagine a world without scientific theory and full flowing information.<BR/><BR/>I would really like to find a pilgrim completing this route, or any other solely for their beliefs and find out what exactly it all means to them in a modern day context, but so far everyone I have met are far from believers, or followers of any faith.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty ignorant about religion. Willing to respect thers beliefs, but I've forgotten most that was taught at primary school and have had no interest since.<BR/><BR/>Reading historical books about the 15th and 16th Centuries sort of made me aware of just how powerful the church was in Europe then. Seems they were right to fear the new knowledge of science. Still a very wealthy and influential power mind.Art in Hidinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577159776320730061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328133358503473280.post-13193576998765899192008-11-07T04:37:00.000-08:002008-11-07T04:37:00.000-08:00WHY DID THEY DO IT?One reason:In the Middle Ages t...WHY DID THEY DO IT?<BR/><BR/>One reason:<BR/><BR/>In the Middle Ages the church taught that life in this world was merely a preparation for the next, be it heaven or hell. Christians were indoctrinated from an early age with the urgency to obtain divine forgiveness for their sins and the purification of their souls or face eternal damnation and an afterlife in purgatory. Purgatory was depicted as a sort of half-way horror house, with terrifying demons waiting to suck the soul from your sinful body and send you to everlasting hell – it was a place so terrifying that people were prepared to make incredible sacrifices to ensure a shorter stay and earn their place in heaven. <BR/>One of the surest ways to obtain indulgences for the remission of time spent in purgatory was by contact with the saints who could intercede on your behalf. The Church encouraged the veneration of Saints, and the relics of saints were believed to hold great power. If the saint was a martyr, so much the better and if he was a martyred Apostle, better still. And so people from all over the Christian world sought out the intercession of saintly relics in churches and cathedrals all over Europe. <BR/>Visits to Saint James in Santiago also offered generous indulgences. A 13thc catalogue, echoed in 1456 by the British pilgrim William Wey, records these indulgences:<BR/>- for making the trip to Compostela: remission of a third of one’s sins; if you die on the road, total remission.<BR/>- for taking part in each religious procession in the city of Compostela: 40 days’ indulgences; if the procession is led by a mitered bishop, 200 days more.<BR/>- if the procession is that of July 24th: 600 days<BR/>- hearing mass at which an archbishop, dean or cardinal officiates: 200 days<BR/>- hearing mass at the Monte de Gozo: 100 days. <BR/><BR/>Pilgrims collected indulgences like Voyager Miles - to cash in on their final journey!!<BR/>Love reading your blog.<BR/>SilSilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com