Saturday, October 14, 2006
(9:15 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Cursed Heresies
Reading the section "On Heresies" of John of Damascus's Fountain of Knowledge, I came across this juxtaposition:49. The Pepuzians... celebrate certain mysteries during the course of which they pierce a new-born child with bronze needles, as is the custom of the Cataphrygians. Then, having mixed flour with its blood, they bake a host of which they partake as communion....The concept of "heresy" is evidently pretty elastic.
50. The Quartodecimans celebrate Easter on a fixed day of the year. On that day which coincides with the fourteenth of the moon, whether it be Saturday or Sunday, they fast and celebrate the vigil and the feast simultaneously.
