Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 75
Page 37
... Spirit in the conception of Christ , as expressed by St. Ambrose : Non ex virili semine Sed mystico spiramine Verbum Dei factum est caro Fructusque ventris floruit . ( Not from human seed but by the mystical breath of the Spirit was the ...
... Spirit in the conception of Christ , as expressed by St. Ambrose : Non ex virili semine Sed mystico spiramine Verbum Dei factum est caro Fructusque ventris floruit . ( Not from human seed but by the mystical breath of the Spirit was the ...
Page 38
... spirit : in Egyptian friezes the dove hieroglyph stands for the soul of the departed and , much later , in medieval miracle plays , a bird , representing the soul soaring to heaven , was pulled upwards on a string when an actor lay down ...
... spirit : in Egyptian friezes the dove hieroglyph stands for the soul of the departed and , much later , in medieval miracle plays , a bird , representing the soul soaring to heaven , was pulled upwards on a string when an actor lay down ...
Page 39
... Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man . " The shift from " she " to " he " in the case of the Third Person may have occurred in the west for linguistic reasons . The spirit of God , the shekinah , was feminine in Hebrew ...
... Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man . " The shift from " she " to " he " in the case of the Third Person may have occurred in the west for linguistic reasons . The spirit of God , the shekinah , was feminine in Hebrew ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN the apoCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
25 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according ancient angel appears Assumption authority beauty became become belief Bernard birth Blessed body Book born called Catholic century Chapter child Christ Christian Church Conception continued crown cult Dante death describes divine early earth English faith Fall father feast female figure followed France gives goddess Gospel Greek hand head heart heaven holds Holy human idea Immaculate inspired Italy James Jerusalem Jesus John Joseph king Lady later legend light living London Lord Luke Madonna Maria Mark marriage Mary Mary's Matthew medieval middle ages milk miracle moon mother mystery natural never original paintings Paris Paul Pope popular prayer Queen quoted Rome saints says shrine Song soul spirit star story symbol tells Testament thou thought tion tradition trans turned Virgin virgin birth Virgin Mary vision woman women wrote York young