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Q: Pox and the Eastern Church ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: Pox and the Eastern Church
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: exarctly24-ga
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Posted: 24 Jan 2005 15:06 PST
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Question ID: 462664
Is casting a "pox" on one's house associated with the Greek Orthodox
or Eastern Orthodox church?
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Subject: Re: Pox and the Eastern Church
From: pinkfreud-ga on 24 Jan 2005 15:35 PST
 
I doubt that this is tied to any particular church beliefs. The phrase
"a pox (or plague) on your house" was a common one in Medieval and
Renaissance times.

Shakespeare's character Mercutio says "A plague o' both your houses"
in "Romeo and Juliet," and there is no sign that Mercutio is a member
of any specific church body.
Subject: Re: Pox and the Eastern Church
From: kriswrite-ga on 24 Jan 2005 22:14 PST
 
Saying that you wish a pox on somebody or some group was originally a
way of wishing ill. "Pox" is short for "smallpox;" therefore, you're
wishing bad things will come somebody's way. The phrase has no
religious meaning.

Kriswrite
Subject: Re: Pox and the Eastern Church
From: nelson-ga on 25 Jan 2005 06:14 PST
 
I'm sure these religions do not recognize such silly superstition any
more than would Catholicism or main-stream Protestantism.

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