The Canterbury Tales
In the summoner's tale who did the friar use as examples showing the necessity of fasting?
In the summoner's tale the friar was lecturing Thomas.
In the summoner's tale the friar was lecturing Thomas.
He illuminated his lecture with the examples of Moses who fasted for 40 days, Aaron who fasted before offering prayers, and Christ who prayed and fasted for forty days.
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