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QUODLIBET

QUOD-LI-BET \ QUILIBET \ 1. Whatever  2. Anything and Everything

The School of Religion and Philosophy is delighted to have our web-page up and running. It will serve several purposes ranging from posting job opportunities that are received from Wesleyan churches to School of Religion news and events. Each Religion School faculty member will have an autobiographical link. The OWU Religion School has an excellent faculty that are outstanding both academic and practical aspects of ministerial education.For some unknown reason, people love certain things; yet they cannot say why—they just do. I am one of those people. I have always loved words and I cannot say why.

I was in the 7^thgrade when I started collecting vocabulary word lists from the “Reader’s Digest.” Pictures had their place but for me it was words that got my attention. To date, I still have a love for words one of which is an English word borrowed from Latin. It is the word Quodlibet.

My first introduction to Quodlibet was when I became a reader of “Touchstone Magazine.” Quodlibet is the title for the section of the magazine that provides various authors a place to talk about “anything” and “everything.”   Our web page has been named Quodlibet. Below is a brief background explanation of the Quodlibet title.   About words, Lord Byron made this observation,

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,

Falling like dew upon a thought, produces

That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think.

Quodlibet is a Latin word that may also be spelled Quilibet. It is formed on Quod, what, and libet, “it pleases” and “anything at all.” In the form of Quidlibet, it means anything and everything. In addition, as embraced by the Renaissance genre, it was understood as either a catalogue of items on a given topic or a juxtaposition of themes old and new. As used in the realm of music it can mean “a usually humorous medley.”

In the domain of religion, it has reference to a theological or philosophical issue presented for a formal disputation that must be settled. This variant refers to a mode of academic debate that is usually theological.

My part in all of this is simple; I want to be a Quodlibetarian, or a person who likes to talk about and dispute fine points or Quodlibets. 

As the author of the Quodlibet articles, I intend that they be Quodlibetical; that is to say, “Not restricted to a particular subject” [Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C., & G. Merriam Company]. So, you are invited to respond to the articles published by the Quodlibetarian!