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On Tradition
Tradition must become inheritable, or always-already inherited, to be wholly itself. It must become a gift of givenness, given to the point of being so formative it is ineradicable even from minds that turn against it. It must be so given that it is liable to be taken for granted, in need of rethinking and renewal--but without schism and interminable question-filled 'conversations.' ~Fr. Jape, The Japery
Daniel Larison | February 11, 2006
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Something in there is not right. Fr. Jape's hied peasant typists messed up. I checked and he meant this:
"Tradition must become inheritable, or always-already inherited, to be wholly itself. It must become a gift of givenness, given to the point of being so formative it is ineradicable even from even that turn against it. It must be so given that it is liable to be taken for granted, in need of rethinking and renewal--but without schism and interminable question-filled 'conversations.'"
DK | 02/13/06 07:47
Thanks for catching that. When I read it, I must have simply gone right past the problem in the original version and understood the point he was making anyway.
Should that be "from even minds that turn against it"?
Daniel Larison | 02/13/06 10:56
Yeah. I wish he'd do his own damn typing.
DK | 02/13/06 13:53
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