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Medieval mystic Margery Kempe was banned from local churches for aggressively loud religious weeping
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Long before TikTok main character syndrome, there was Margery Kempe. This medieval English mystic claimed she had direct conversations with Christ, which naturally compelled her to drop to the floor and scream-cry during every single church service she attended. Her profound spiritual 'gift of tears' was so incredibly disruptive and annoying that multiple priests literally banned her from entering their parishes.
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