The Quest and the Grail

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Terrance wrote:
> 
> 
> But the fact that the church fathers were not more ruthless
> in red pencilling out (and Catholics have more of these
> pagan holdovers, I think this is an important point and I'll
> address it later) makes all the difference as in your
> example of the cult of the Virgin.
> 

These are interesting issues. Gary Wills in his new book Papal
Sin: Structures of Deceit suggests situating the feminine in the divine in
the Thrid Person of the Trinity. But would this have done it for Henry
Adams?

			P.