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To: sinkspur
Maybe this young girl was an admirer of the Flagellants...

In the spring of 1349 bands of flagellants, perhaps from Hungary, began their propaganda in the south of Germany. Each band was under the command of a leader, who was assisted by two lieutenants; and obedience to the leader was enjoined upon every member on entering the brotherhood. The flagellants paid for their own personal maintenance, but were allowed to accept board and lodging, if offered. The penance lasted 334 days, during which they flogged themselves with thongs fitted with four iron points. They read letters which they said had fallen from heaven, and which threatened the earth with terrible punishments if men refused to adopt the mode of penance taught by the flagellants.

I'm sure she was simply advocating an appreciation for Tradition.

306 posted on 07/06/2003 6:59:57 PM PDT by drstevej
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To: drstevej
She could have been in Opus Dei. They flagellate themselves, so I'm told.
307 posted on 07/06/2003 7:02:02 PM PDT by sinkspur
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