Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi is a fourth-century Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba after her conversion to Christianity. A cento rearranges verses written by other poets; this one repurposes Virgil to tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible. Much of the work focuses on the story of Jesus Christ. The poem was widely circulated, eventually being used in schools to teach the tenets of Christianity, often alongside Augustine of Hippo's De Doctrina Christiana. Although the poem was popular, critical reception was mixed. A pseudonymous work purportedly by Pope Gelasius I disparaged the poem, deeming it apocryphal, and St. Jerome may have written disapprovingly of it, and of Proba. Other thinkers like Isidore of Seville, Petrarch, and Giovanni Boccaccio wrote highly of her, and many praised her ingenuity. During the 19th and 20th centuries the poem was considered a work of poor quality, but recent scholars have held it in higher regard.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1568:
Delegates of the Three Nations of Transylvania adopted the Edict of Torda, allowing local communities to freely elect their preachers in an unprecedented act of religious tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Torda
1813:
The novel Pride and Prejudice by English author Jane Austen was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript that she originally wrote between 1796 and 1797. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice
1933:
Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet entitled "Now or Never" in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he termed "Pakstan". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Declaration
1958:
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, patented the design of Lego bricks (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
1984:
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Domoina
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
if anything: 1. (idiomatic) Used after a negative statement to suggest the opposite is true. 2. (idiomatic) Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied). 3. (idiomatic) Used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_anything
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
One must have faith in the best in men and distrust the worst. One must allow the best to be shown so that it reveals and prevails over the worst. Nations should have a pillory for whoever stirs up useless hate, and another for whoever fails to tell them the truth in time. --José Martí https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD
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