The name Quasimodo came from the Latin text of the traditional Introit for this day, which begins"Quasi modo geniti infantes..." from 1 Peter 2:2,[1] roughly translated as "As newborn babes [desire the rational milk without guile]...".[1Pt 2:2] Literally, quasi modo means "as if in [this] manner".
Nortre-Dame de Paris is back in the spotlight and is one of the oldest cathedrals in Western Europe. Quasimodo is the name given to 'Low Sunday' (in the Anglican calendar), also Octave Sunday, or Thomas Sunday (Eastern Church). This was the day a wretched abandoned baby was taken into the cathedral as an act of charity.
Hugo was despairing about the state of Parisian gothic architecture, neglected and abandoned following the revolution and decline in the church. The cathedral had been turned into the 'Temple of Reason'. Much as before, a collection was taken, but the people put in even less in the bag as it went round than they did when it was church.
It is argued that 'Quasimodo' saved Notre Dame from complete collapse.
On page 607 of the ASB, Easter1 Sunday (year one) service ends with the Postcommunion sentence
"Like new-born babes, you should thirst milk, on which your spirit can grow to strength. Alleluia!" 1Peter2:2
Quasi (similar to) modo (the manner).
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