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Originally Posted By: FaldageNow, on the etymology of religion AHD4 tempers its mention of descent from the Latin ligare with the all important qualifier, 'perhaps'.
the supposed contention here (ex. OED online):
by Cicero connected with relegere to read over again (see RELECTION n.), so that the supposed original sense of ‘religion’ would have been ‘painstaking observance of rites’, but by later authors (especially by early Christian writers) with religare RELIGATE v., ‘religion’ being taken as ‘that which ties believers to God’. Each view finds supporters among modern scholars.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Religion Sldgman 01/11/10 12:13 PM Re: Religion Faldage 01/11/10 12:24 PM Re: Religion Faldage 01/11/10 12:27 PM Re: Religion LukeJavan8 01/11/10 03:46 PM Re: Religion tsuwm 01/11/10 04:37 PM Re: Religion-precatory BranShea 01/12/10 09:50 PM Re: Religion-precatory Jackie 01/13/10 01:46 AM Re: Religion-precatory BranShea 01/13/10 06:59 PM Re: Religion-precatory zmjezhd 01/13/10 07:07 PM Re: Religion JRS 01/13/10 06:30 PM Re: Religion Jackie 01/14/10 03:36 AM Re: Religion 1 = 0 01/14/10 01:55 PM Re: Religion TheFallibleFiend 01/14/10 02:16 PM Re: Religion twosleepy 01/14/10 03:29 PM Re: Religion tsuwm 01/14/10 04:51 PM Re: Religion BranShea 01/14/10 08:43 PM
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