Day: December 12, 2023
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A Day Off Versus The Day Of
In medieval England, just prior to the Reformation, there were between 40 and 50 days of the calendar (apart from Sundays) that were feasts of the Church on which little to no work was done. Historian, Eamon Duffy, describes this: As important as fast days were feast days, in particular the festa ferianda, on which…
Matthew, I can’t think of a single century in Church history that was not fraught with difficulties and troubles. Even…