Homo:man
Paciens: The calm abiding of the issue of time, processes, etc.; quiet and self-possessed waiting for something; ‘the quality of expecting long without rage or discontent’ (J.). c1375 Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andreas) 405 et wil I with paciens a quhil here
So when we say Christ 'appears without a speaking part' in the York (The Pinners') Crucifixio Cristi to effectively prolong the dramtic effect of Homo Paciens, we point to the rich meaning of the miracle of Christ made man and suffering, not just patiently, but self-possessed and with the full confidence in our Father's plan.
Both meanings found seperately on the OED, apparently I can't find any which gives the exact relevance or source on the net. But boy is Latin rich...now I know Fr T's meaning.
This is why we stage Passion Plays every year on Good Friday! only it used to be staged around the whole city, two months after Easter (Corpus Christi). An example is the York Cycle of Mystery Plays. And, they didn't only depict the Passion of Christ: they began with Creation and ended with the End of Days! Amazing....the simulation on the site as the wagons go around the city and present each part of Salvation History; we only see a small part of that today. The York Cycle took 2 days to complete- no wonder. "There was a time"....when church and state were inseperable. But they had their problems too. I'll leave tat for catechist F. to expound to his students (altho I heard he's not giving cat. class any more?)
Paciens: The calm abiding of the issue of time, processes, etc.; quiet and self-possessed waiting for something; ‘the quality of expecting long without rage or discontent’ (J.). c1375 Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andreas) 405 et wil I with paciens a quhil here
So when we say Christ 'appears without a speaking part' in the York (The Pinners') Crucifixio Cristi to effectively prolong the dramtic effect of Homo Paciens, we point to the rich meaning of the miracle of Christ made man and suffering, not just patiently, but self-possessed and with the full confidence in our Father's plan.
Both meanings found seperately on the OED, apparently I can't find any which gives the exact relevance or source on the net. But boy is Latin rich...now I know Fr T's meaning.
This is why we stage Passion Plays every year on Good Friday! only it used to be staged around the whole city, two months after Easter (Corpus Christi). An example is the York Cycle of Mystery Plays. And, they didn't only depict the Passion of Christ: they began with Creation and ended with the End of Days! Amazing....the simulation on the site as the wagons go around the city and present each part of Salvation History; we only see a small part of that today. The York Cycle took 2 days to complete- no wonder. "There was a time"....when church and state were inseperable. But they had their problems too. I'll leave tat for catechist F. to expound to his students (altho I heard he's not giving cat. class any more?)
took so long to read about the York plays...hai. mean, its interesting, but I still have Ancrene Wisse and Sir Gawain to look after. least, I'm doing something close to my heart.
can't stop singing "over all the earth you reign on high every mountain stream every sun-set sky". Stell you really should hear this one; I like!
i wanna go home...
i wanna go home...
ah, who doesn't?
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heh!. hmm. i got into NAFA after like after going for several auditions and interviews. bah. i'm gonna become a MOE music teacher! yeah. so, starting school, 11th July, i know it's still a damn long time and will be studying in NAFA for 3 years and NIE for my final year. =)haha. hmm. how about a rough date when you'll be back?. hehh
The cycle of mystery plays performed in the town of York took about 12 hours when performed back-to-back with no pauses. But since the plays were performed at diffent locations around the city, at staggered times, the whole cycle lasted about 20 hours. But the plays all took place on one day.
The performance originally was part of a religious procession, but in York the plays became so popular (and the whole cycle so long) that the procession was moved to the day before Corpus Christi Day, and the cycle of plays took up the whole day, from first light in the morning (around 4:30am) until well after dark.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/PSim/staging.html
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