Okay, this is merely an annoyance when building a collection but why is it "Chrysostom, John" but "John Damascene"? There are other similar examples.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds …", Ralph Waldo Emerson. [;)] [:D]
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why is it "Chrysostom, John" but "John Damascene"?
This seems fixed already. At least it doesn't show up in my library now.
And I was happy to see that Jerome now shows up under one name only. Previously he had three. (Not so happy they didn't update the Metadata page at the same time.)
But one can still wonder why it's "John Damascene", "Gregory Nazianzen" and "Thomas Aquinas", when just about every other early writer shows up as "X of Something".
Possibly because this is the way the book metadata was supplied from the publisher and nobody altered it....
why is it "Chrysostom, John" but "John Damascene"? This seems fixed already. At least it doesn't show up in my library now. And I was happy to see that Jerome now shows up under one name only. Previously he had three. (Not so happy they didn't update the Metadata page at the same time.) But one can still wonder why it's "John Damascene", "Gregory Nazianzen" and "Thomas Aquinas", when just about every other early writer shows up as "X of Something".
Okay, this is merely an annoyance when building a collection but why is it "Chrysostom, John" but "John Damascene"? There are other similar examples. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds …", Ralph Waldo Emerson. logosres:hvdcl05;ref=Page.p_70;off=1056
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds …", Ralph Waldo Emerson.
But, I DO appreciate your good humour!
I find it interesting that people refer to this quote so frequently yet seem to miss the word "foolish" in the quote. That makes the point a completely subjective one since what I consider to be foolish and what you consider to be foolish will likely be different. In fact, for me, "foolish consistency" is an oxymoron.
Sort of reminds me of technologists who love to quote Donald Knuth: "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." They ignore both the broader context of the quote as well as the question of what constitutes "premature."
</rambling>
Donnie
To add to the inconsistency, the new Verbum Saints resource, actually does use "John of Damascus".
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