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OP Two phrases occurred to me while entering a post that I felt was probably not really going to add anything of value. The first was “teaching your grandmother to suck eggs”, which I have put on ewein’s “new posters” thread. The second was “a work of supererogation”, which I had always believed meant doing something that was unnecessary as it had been done already, but differently. The dictionary, however, gives it as a term used in the Roman Catholic Church and defines it as a contribution to a reserve fund of merit that can be drawn upon in favour of sinners (I take this to be a fund of good deeds or gladly suffered misfortune rather than a fund of money). This is so far from what I had believed that I am baffled. Please, can anyone help me out here?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Supererogation dxb 04/23/02 04:01 PM Re: Supererogation of troy 04/23/02 04:12 PM Re: Supererogation Wordwind 04/23/02 04:21 PM Re: Supererogation wwh 04/23/02 04:34 PM Re: Supererogation tsuwm 04/23/02 04:52 PM Re: Supererogation wwh 04/23/02 04:59 PM Re: Supererogation Keiva 04/23/02 05:19 PM Re: Supererogation Bobyoungbalt 04/25/02 02:25 AM Re: Supererogation tsuwm 04/23/02 04:25 PM
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