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"The Schism" hangs in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT. I have been in contact with the gift shop there and they do not offer a print of this painting. Rats! It was fun trying, anyhow.
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Didja offer to buy the painting, Father Steve?
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Was it your friendly local reference librarian who dug it up for you, Fr Steve?, asked she, who intermittently volunteers at her own friendly local library.
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(1) I neglected to offer to purchase "The Schism" from the museum in Hartford, which is probably good, since such a purchase would likely create a schism between me and my long-suffering bride.
(2) I got the tip on the location of the painting from three independent sources, all within a day of each other, one of which was my local, friendly, helpful and woefully-underpaid reference librarian.
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*sigh* ... What I really want to know is, how much time is my purgatory reduced by?
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At one time, there were some fascinating books written about how long people had to spend in Purgatory for which sorts of sins and offenses and how much time they could get off for various acts of mercy and charity. Honest. The writing (and reading) of such books offers an insight into the popular theology of the times in which they were written (and read).
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I still don't have a print of "The Schism" nor even a hot prospect for finding one. I still don't have a box of fresh greengages to sample nor even a hot prospect for finding one of those. But, in today's post, ten pounds of mustard seed arrived from a supplier in Fort Wayne, Indiana. One out of three ain't bad at all.
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how much time is my purgatory reduced by? ~ AnnaS
Sigh...I have concluded that I am in limbo (def. 2, since I was baptised, but all of 2 a, b, c and d for sure). Incidentally, theologically, how can there be a plural Father Steve? Perhaps that's just for the secular application.
From M-W:
Main Entry: lim·bo
Pronunciation: 'lim-(")bO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural limbos
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, ablative of limbus limbo, from Latin, border
1 often capitalized : an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
2 a : a place or state of restraint or confinement b : a place or state of neglect or oblivion <proposals kept in limbo> c : an intermediate or transitional place or state d : a state of uncertainty.
Don't think you can win time off from limbo.
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Don't think you can win time off from limbo.
Surely, if you dance the limbo?
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Surely, if you dance the limbo?
Tsk, tsk. How could you stoop to so low a pun, jheem?
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