Laudator Temporis Acti: Homiletics

Homiletics

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400), "Pardoner's Prologue," lines 93-94, Canterbury Tales:

Thus spitte I out my venim under hewe
Of holynesse, to seme holy and trewe.

This is easy to understand, but nevertheless here it is in modern English:

Thus I spit out my venom under hue
of holiness, to seem holy and true.

This style of preaching is still much in vogue.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 3:56 AM

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