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[Boreades]

Good, but how did Pelagius get so ignored?

[Mick Harper]

Dunno. That was my original point. I leave you to investigate.

[TisILeclerc]

How did Pelasgius get so ignored?

I don't think he was ignored. He was the Kerensky or Trotsky of the Catholic Revolution.

He was hauled before the Vatican before being unpersoned. He finished up in North Africa then Jerusalem and I think Egypt.

He thought there was no such thing as Original sin and he actually believed that Christians should follow the words and teachings of Christ rather than the ex tax collector.

[Boreades]

Not just anywhere in Egypt, it was Alexandria

Opposition from the African bishops and Emperor Honorius forced Zosimus to condemn and excommunicate Celestius and Pelagius in 418.[1]
Death and later. ... After his condemnation, Pelagius was expelled from Jerusalem, and Saint Cyril of Alexandria allowed him to settle in Egypt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius

As we already know, Alexandria was for centuries a centre of learning. It was also a centre of Coptic Christianity in Egypt. We're told:

The Catechetical School of Alexandria is the oldest catechetical school in the world.

With a long history of differences and dissent with the Roman point of view.

The Theological college of the catechetical school was re-established in 1893. The new school currently has campuses in Ireland (my emphasis), Cairo, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, where Coptic priests-to-be and other qualified men and women are taught among other subjects Christian theology,

That nicely closes the circle with Pelagius appearing to have come from Ireland in the first place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Or ... Alexandria

[Boreades]

Worthy of note is that the Coptic Church of Alexandria is still sending missionaries to Ireland and Wales.

Missionary work of the Church of Alexandria (3rd and 4th centuries) :
The ecclesiastical history of the Church of Alexandria records that the Church sent missionaries - especially monastics - to the Celtic lands in the 3rd or 4th century. Celtic tradition, especially in Ireland, suggests that the foundation of the monastic system among the Celts either partly imitated or took inspiration from the Egyptian monastic system, and that many traces of Alexandrine theology remain embedded in Celtic theology. Thus both Coptic Christians and Celts can see the return of the Church of Alexandria to Celtia as of significance.

Modern presence:
Although the Coptic Orthodox congregation has been present in Wales since the 1960s, the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales was consecrated in 1992 by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in the town of Risca, South Wales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Or ... h_in_Wales

[Boreades]

If the authors of TME ever feel like "established" authors have been less than charitable, or downright rude, here's a sorry tale to cheer you up. As far as I can piece it together, it goes something like this:

Lorraine Evans wrote Kingdom of the Ark in 2000.

Ralph Ellis wrote "Scota, Egyptian Queen of the Scots"
As reviewed September 2006 by The Scotsman newspaper.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-pharao ... s-1-466985

On the face of it, one might suppose two authors with similar ideas would do their best to support each other. Not so. Three Lorraine Evans fans made one-star reviews on the Amazon page of Scota, Egyptian Queen of the Scots. In a tit-for-tat move, Ellis made a critical reply on Evans' Kingdom of the Ark Amazon page. Evans reacted by banning Ellis from her Facebook page.

Ellis then poured petrol on the flames by posting this:
http://www.westcoasttruth.com/the-sorry ... ellis.html

Time to get the popcorn?

[TisILeclerc]

Oh dear. This would make a good Agatha Christie murder thriller or an addition to Cluedo.

Body of writer found in the library pierced through the heart with an ink loaded quill.

Interesting he mentions Thera.

[Boreades]

Conference to connect and stimulate tourism businesses along Ridgeway, 12th September 2015

http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ridgeway ... g-ridgeway

Tuesday 20th Oct - The Swan Hotel, Streatley-on-Thames, Berks RG8 9HR

This conference will give you ideas, contacts and tools to maximise the benefits your business realises from the thousands of visitors a year that are drawn to The Ridgeway. There will be opportunity to network, ask questions of speakers and promote your business in a display area. Presentations run 10.30am to 1.30pm, with workshops after lunch until 4pm.

Mary Tebje (MTA Tourism Leisure) will share tips on social media and award-winning author Hugh Thompson will entertain with stories of the Ridgeway. The event is provided by the Ridgeway Partnership and hosted by The Swan at Streatley

Who is this award-winning author Hugh Thompson, and should we be aware of him?
Does the TME team want to attend? A chance to heckle if nothing else?

[hvered]

There's a Hugh Thomson [without a 'p'], who wrote The Green Road Into The Trees. Perhaps he's the author being feted? I know I enjoyed it but can't remember anything in particular about his account.

However the conference venue, the Swan, comes up in TME, not just because of the swan reference but more importantly it's where the Ridgeway crosses the Thames, officially at least (there are a couple of other, possibly illicit, crossing points).

http://www.thewhiterock.co.uk/?page_id=1811

[Boreades]

Yes, without taking the p's, that seems to be the same person.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Green-Road- ... 0099558394

According to reviews:

At the Norfolk end of the walk, he introduces us to two recently uncovered Bronze Age sites: Seahenge (2049 BC) and Flag Fen (between 2000 and 1350 BC), and reveals that more land was farmed during the Bronze Age than at any other time in our history and Britain was "at the top of the European commodities market"

Sounds like TME?