Which insects were called "God's pearls" in Medieval Europe?
Correct answer: Lice
Bob
Never heard of this. I’ll have to do a fact check. I just can’t believe that something that makes you bleed and itch could be called pearls of god.
Cizinka
What about "cleanliness is next to godliness"?
Terri
Player #53553731, when did we go to "cleanliness is next to Godliness"?
Wheesper
De, not healthy for daily, every other day better for skin, hair. Google it.
Stephanie.S.
That would be my nightmare world. I know that Royalty had a top servant to me master of the Kings stool, or some similar title, and in castles the Royal toilet was a over a big drop onto the land outside.
Elliep417
Bob, I fact checked it, hence my comment!
Elliep417
There was SO much freakiness in the Medieval times. 🤮
Trixie
Terri, I am wondering too. Could it be later on after rethinking? Often the Church teaches something and later on change the teaching/thinking. Really interesting!
Ducky
Cizinka, nothing in judeochristian scripture about that.
Ducky
Terri, John Wesley, 1778
Barb@71
Cizinka, Guess we had to wait for The Age if Enlightenment.
Lionessa
Nowhere in the Bible does it say, "cleanliness is next to Godliness." The words are from a sermon given by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Carol
Kris, that can be said of some but certainly not all Christians. Many Christians are guided by scripture and the teachings of Jesus...