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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8278270"><p>I think this gets at something else, which is the drive to get at the root (the literal and 'accurate' experience of Medieval Christianity, while laudable for a historian, and people seeking that authentic answer for some reason, misses that culture and religion doesn't work that way (as you said earlier). Not only is the Author legend a product of later periods, exploring the Christian elements through their own lens, but stuff like Boorman is examining it from a modern point of view looking back (which is entirely valid on its own as a form of artistic expression). I think the danger of narrowing things down, so that only the authentic, accurate, and, presumably, orthodox, view of the religion is considered appropriate, is it is effectively left only to the priesthood, to historians, etc (and even among them it is fraught). I think you want as many perspectives a possible to flourish: the insider view, the orthodox view, the unorthodox view, the outsiders view, since these are things that exist in the real world and they are encountered from all perspectives. Boxing it away will just make it an artifact</p></blockquote><p></p>