Edward
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That's one of those tales that is so funny that it doesn't matter if there's a little bending of the truth. Another one similar was told to me by a Catholic priest.
Centuries ago, adultery was against the law, those who transgressed were hauled before the courts, where, if a guilty verdict was returned, got themselves locked up with all the other adulterers. It was said that they became known by the acronym of their wrong doing: "Found Under Carnal Knowledge." Collectively they were referred to as the f*****s!
It was all probably fiction but when I looked it up someone had written a most eloquent version more or less repeating that which the priest told me, I just wanted to believe it.
Yeah, I think that one is a backronym - but it's got to be a sign your priest is on the right career path if he can inspire his audience to want to believe in what he's saying. I'm reminded of the hardware store I worked in as a student. We used to get all the local clergy in. Uniformly lovely, except for one minister, a Presbyterian I think, who would never believe us if we said we didn't have something in stock - you'd have to let him behind the counter to see the empty shelf for himself. I often wondered how that filtered down to his congregation when he told them about the empty tomb!