Thomas Girmalm & Marie Rosenius (red.), Inomkyrklig sekularisering

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Jan-Olav Henriksen, Christianity as Distinct Practices: A Complicated Relationship

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Överklagande av länsstyrelsens tillstånd till invändig renovering i Dalby kyrka, Dalby socken, Lunds kommun, Dnr 433-28602-2018

Dalby församling inlämnade i augusti 2018 till länsstyrelsen i Skåne en ansökan om tillstånd till invändig renovering av Dalby kyrka innefattande en flytt av dopfunten från nuvarande plats på ett podium längst bak i långhuset till en plats i koret, strax till höger om predikstolen. Länsstyrelsen beviljade flytten 2018-10-10 på, som jag menar, felaktiga grunder. Jag insände därför ett överklagande till förvaltningsrätten med utförlig motivering bestående av forskningsläget om dopfunten (dess ålder, utsmyckning, ursprungliga användning och placering samt senare användning och placering), en diskussion och slutsats samt ett motiverat förslag att hellre återställa dopfunten till dess ursprungliga plats i kyrkans förhall, "kryptan". Min överklagan avvisades eftersom jag inte var part i målet. Utredningen har dock ett vetenskapligt värde, varför jag tillgängliggör den här i LUCRIS som en PDF

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Locus Celebris : Dalby kyrka, kloster och gård aktualiserade

Locus Celebris – the Church, Monastery and Manor of Dalby actualized: An introduction to the common view on Dalby, to the research history and mediation of the place, to the international conference 24-27 April 2011 in Dalby and finally also an introduction to the conference publication

Inledning

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Liber daticus vetustior : ett martyrologium från 1100-talet

Liber Daticus Vetustior: A Martyrology from the Twelfth Century The purpose of the article is to explain what a martyrology is and how it was used, to situate Liber Daticus Vetustior (LDV) in the history of martyrologies and to elucidate its sources, character and original function. General accounts about Christian celebration, the cult of saints and the historical development of the martyrology pave the way for more specific treatment of the textual history of the LDV and its use within the chapter office. Chapter took place in religious communities after prime or terce and consisted of three main sections, a liturgical one, a disciplinary ”chapter of faults” and a session of practical deliberations. The liturgical section normally consisted of gathering, reading from calendar and martyrology, prayer for God’s assistance during the day, reading from the rule of the community, commemoration of departed friends and distribution of liturgical tasks. But the structure varied. In Lund, although the cathedral community followed the Rule of Aachen and a revised version of the customs of the canons regular of Marbach, chapter was celebrated in a form apparently inspired by the Rule of Chrodegang, where the reading from the rule was placed first, ahead of the reading from the martyrology. The contents of Necrologium Lundense (NL), a chapter book from 1123, reflect this order. However, the NL contains no martyrology, only a calendar with the names of saints that were commemorated liturgically. The LDV was acquired c. 1140 and is a combined martyrology and necrology. It may have been used in conjunction with NL; but if the cathedral chapter of Lund was secularized at this time, it may alone have sufficed for their reduced chapter office. Its text is an abbreviated martyrology of Ado (third recension, family 2) with additions made c. 975–1025 in Metz and Cologne, in one or more monastic establishments under Irish influence. Its stock of regional and local saints is a mixed inheritance deriving from Knud the Great (St. Botulf), the archbishopric of Hamburg–Bremen (Sts. Willehad, Ansgar and Rimbert), other parts of the Danish church (King St. Knud, buried in Odense, and Pope St. Lucius, venerated in Roskilde) and contemporary connections (St. Godehard of Hildesheim). Subsequent additions include both local saints (Knud Lavard, William of Aebelholt) and universal ones (e.g. Thomas of Canterbury, Francis and Dominic). The last addition was Elizabeth of Hungary, canonized in 1235. During most of the thirteenth century the necrology continued to be kept up-to-date with, e.g., deceased members of the Benedictine house of All Saints in Lund and the Augustinian house of the Holy Cross in Dalby, which stood in an immemorial relation of confraternity with the canons in Lund. In 1293, however, the LDV was consigned to the archives

Recension av Tidig helgonkult i Danmark och Sverige

The purpose of this doctoral dissertation is to illustrate and explain the connections between the establishment of new cults of Saints and the formation of an ecclesiastical organization in Scandinavia. Its main conclusion is that "the creation of new cults of native saints was not necessary for the establishment of ecclesiastical institutions" (p. 255), but that such cults in many cases helped give prestige to and even legitimize newly established dioceses. The reviewer agrees with this conclusion while suggesting that the significance of specifically native cults is overemphasized. He also finds the idea that Church leaders used such cults as instruments to enhance their own and their institutions' prestige too one-sided. The dissertation makes use of three hypotheses taken from current hagiographical research: Peter Brown's concept of "Micro-Christendoms", Alan Thacker's concept of "loca sanctorum" and Lars Boje Mortensens idea of the mythopoietic function of saints' legends. These are pertinent but their relevance could have been discussed in greater depth. The most laudable aspect of the dissertation is its careful and competent use of liturgical fragments, which leads to detailed new insights into how the cults of local saints developed in individual dioceses