Title
- Dabra Zamaddo's church and the punishment for cutting trees from the church’s precinct.
Description
In the country of Samro, there was a priest who served in Mary’s church. This priest was also a skilled carpenter, and for his carpentry he cut down many trees. Mary, who did not approve of the priest cutting down her trees, asked him to stop. But the priest refused. Next, Mary asked the people of Samro to stop the priest, but he refused to listen to them as well. To admonish the priest, Mary started to make his tools disappear. Nevertheless, the priest persisted in his work, encouraging others to cut down trees for him. Seeing this, Mary began to burn down any house constructed with trees from her precinct. But this action had the effect of hardening not just the priest’s heart, but also the hearts of people in the community. Mary responded to their stubbornness by declaring that the priest must not live in her country, nor would he be buried there. The priest left, and when he died he was buried outside the fence of the church.
Contributors
- Wendy Laura Belcher, editor
- Taylor Eggan, contributor
History
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Taylor Eggan on :
(PEMM) typed incipit and summary at https://pemm.princeton.edu/stories/1016 -
Wendy Laura Belcher on :
(PEMM) identified the miracle