[Magdalen] Ascensiontide?

[Lesley de Voil]

It was more common than you might think. I once happened to use the word pornography when talking to my then Rector who had been raised a Methodist. I was using it as a simile , that is, I said something along the lines of ...a particular piece of popular music was artistic pornography.... His reaction was almost apoplectic, and he abandoned the conversation, leaving me wondering what was wrong. His wife explained to me later that the Methodist father was so hung up on sexual matters that the mere mention of any word with sexual connotations by his progeny was followed by a beating, thus leaving said progeny with unmistakable ptsd. More than sad. It's no wonder this poor man retired early, I can't imagine how he functioned pastorally...

Regards
Lesley de Voil

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> On 2 Jun 2017, at 01:38, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/1/2017 10:57:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> I got to  church last night for Evening Prayer and Mass, and the
> ASCENSION card from  the hymn board was on a table in the sacristy with
> a yellow sticky on it on  which was written, "The 10 days from
> Ascension to Pentecost are  Ascensiontide." Oh, really? I opened a BCP
> to p. 32, and it still says it's  Easter  Season.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Reminds me of my (too) oft told story of the time when I was
> janitor of the family Methodist church and had the responsibility
> of changing the hymn boards.  I used a set of names from the
> Lutheran Supply in Minneapolis, and it included the old
> pre-Lenten Sundays. A new minister was unfamiliar with names
> for Sundays, but he let Septuagesima slip by without comment.
> However, when Sexagesima appeared on the hymn board, he
> noisily removed the name declaring:  "There will be no sex in
> the Methodist church!"
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> David S.
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