{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "In spite of its ambiguous use of mythic symbols and themes, the history of Christian doctrine,\n from its origins to the present...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/669062514992152576/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://discoursedrome.tumblr.com/post/669060948276953088/femmenietzsche-in-spite-of-its-ambiguous-use\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">discoursedrome</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a href=\"https://femmenietzsche.tumblr.com/post/669048515177152512/in-spite-of-its-ambiguous-use-of-mythic-symbols\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">femmenietzsche</a>:</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>\n\n\nIn spite of its <a href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambiguous\" target=\"_blank\">ambiguous</a> use of mythic symbols and themes, the history of Christian <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/doctrine\" target=\"_blank\">doctrine</a>,\n from its origins to the present day, testifies to the systematic \nexcision of legendary and mythical elements from Christian orthodoxy. \n\nEven folk practices, based on legend, were policed and suppressed. \n\nIn 692, for example, the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Quinisext-Council\" target=\"_blank\">Quinisext Council</a> (also known as the Trullan Synod), an episcopal council convoked by the <a href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Byzantine\" target=\"_blank\">Byzantine</a> emperor <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justinian-II\" target=\"_blank\">Justinian II</a>, prohibited baking bread in the form of the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Virgin-Birth\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Mary</a>\u2019s placenta, as was the custom on the afterbirth day (that is, the day after Christ\u2019s birth).\n\n<br/></p></blockquote><p>Gotta go with the synod on this one<br/></p></blockquote>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"470\" data-orig-width=\"660\"><img src=\"/media/184a25e44295855666749b7b1154701a53917c19_dea6454439cc.png\" data-orig-height=\"470\" data-orig-width=\"660\"/></figure></blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/184a25e44295855666749b7b1154701a53917c19_dea6454439cc.png", "thumbnail_width": 540, "thumbnail_height": 385}