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![Catholic: a blend between a religious vision
and a sex dream
guess,
...... ............."
ao3tagoftheday:
ao3tagoftheday:
[Image Description: Tag reading “a blend between a religious vision and a sex dream I guess”]
The AO3 Tag of the Day is: This is a callout post for every single medieval mystic, but especially for Catherine of Siena, who had a vision of Jesus giving her his foreskin as a wedding ring
[Image Description: Ask reading “Jesus’ WHAT now as WHAT”]Here, my friend, is an excerpt from a letter written by Catherine of Siena, a real, actual saint whose visions are considered by the real, actual Catholic Church to be really, actually divinely inspired:You see very well that you are a bride and that [Jesus] has espoused you … and not with a ring of silver but with a ring of his own flesh. Look at the tender little child who on the eighth day, when he was circumcised, gave up just so much flesh as to make a tiny circlet of a ring!For the record, this woman contributed to the development of a major schism in the 14th century, one which radically changed the geopolitics of Europe and created the conditions that led to the Reformation. Never doubt your ability to change the world, friends. Literally anyone can.](https://pics.ballmemes.com/a-blend-between-a-religious-vision-and-a-sex-dream-66959800.png)
![Catholic: Me [25F] with my boyfriend [25M] of seven months. He has VERY bizarre opinions
and I want help understanding him, and getting him to understand how others see
him Relationships
submitted 7 hours ago by throwaway47273747483
have been with my boyfriend, Henry, for around 7 months now, and he's an amazing guy etc.
I really see this developing into a long and very serious relationship. There are no big
problems or red flags.
One thing that gets me though, are his political opinions. They are esoteric, somewhat
incomprehensible, and frankly, bizarre. He is an ardent monarchist (we are in the UK) but not
in the typical use of the word (ie liking the Queen being an impartial head of state), he literally
believes in the divine right of kings and that it is the only natural form of government. He
claims to recognise no monarch since James ll, and apparently the real legitimate successor
is some guy called Francis who I've never heard of, who is also supposedly the rightful king of
France and Greece. He never votes, saying he has no desire to assist his monarch in their
choice of servants (which is technically how the UK government works, the Queen "chooses"
whoever wins the election). He expressed disgust at Prince Harry's recent engagement, I
pressed him as to why (I was slightly worried it was racist in nature) and he said both Meghan
Markle and Kate Middleton are commoners who have no business marrying royalty, then made
some remark about the Royal Family being a "ghastly bunch of arriviste Germans anyway, so I
suppose it doesn't matter". It's just strange. It's like his worldview is so odd and so far removed
from anything I can even begin to understand. I can name the current major Royals and a few
of the more important historical ones, whereas he is an absolute expert.
He will passionately debate anyone who wants to, though again it just makes him look strange.
Friends at dinner will be discussing normal, contemporary political issues, and he will interject
and go on some tangent about how this all relates to "King John's submission to Papal
authority in 1213". He does seem to genuinely believe this stuff, but it gives an odd impression
to those around us. No one can really reply beecause they don't know what he's talking about
so he definitely gets the feeling he's winning these debates (he's far too well-mannered to be
rude about it, but it's certainly an unspoken truth in his view)
tikkunolamorgtfo:
TFW your boyfriend is a 17th Century Catholic vampire who is NOT OVER™ the Glorious Revolution of 1688.](https://pics.ballmemes.com/me-25f-with-my-boyfriend-25m-of-seven-months-he-62010026.png)
