Vulgar words in Cathemerinon. English (Page 1)
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The ox and ass in homage low Obedient to their Maker bow: Bows too the unlearn'd heartless crowd Whose minds the sensual feast doth cloud.
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81 The legend of the ox and ass adoring our Lord arose from an allegorical interpretation of Isa.
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See an interesting article by Mr. Austin West (_Ox and Ass Legend of the Nativity_.
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It is interesting to note that with St. Francis and the Franciscans the ox and the ass are merely animals: the allegorical interpretation of Origen had vanished from Christendom: and in its place we find St. Francis (see _Life of St. Francis_ by St. Bonaventura, "Temple Classics" edition, p. 111) making a _presepio_ at Greccio, to which a living ox and ass are brought, in order that a visible representation of the manger-scene might kindle the devotion of the Brethren and the assembled townsfolk.