I probably have a far deeper understanding of the medieval economy, the behavior of people in church, nunnery, monastery, than you can imagine. And no, there is no virtue there. Jesus was the only christian I know of. The rest of it was business. Nobility paid for them to pray.
Source date (UTC): 2019-10-28 03:18:49 UTC
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@curtdoolittle What about martyrdom? Missionaries? Celibacy? Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters are certainly motivated to attain beatific vision (perfect happiness), but that’s entirely after death.
Can the martyrdom of cloistered, devoted, prayerful virgins be counted as an economic statement?
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