Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 114
... queen of Ophir and receives her crown of glory - from him , or from an angel . In the west , the idea of apotheosis , at the heart of the Assumption , crystallized in the medieval centuries in the image of ... queen is scored so 114 QUEEN.
... queen of Ophir and receives her crown of glory - from him , or from an angel . In the west , the idea of apotheosis , at the heart of the Assumption , crystallized in the medieval centuries in the image of ... queen is scored so 114 QUEEN.
Page 115
... queen is scored so deep in western imagi- nation that many Catholics still think of her as a medieval monarch . When she appeared in visions at Knock in Ireland in 1879 , and at Pont- main in France in 1871 , she wore the long dress ...
... queen is scored so deep in western imagi- nation that many Catholics still think of her as a medieval monarch . When she appeared in visions at Knock in Ireland in 1879 , and at Pont- main in France in 1871 , she wore the long dress ...
Page 122
... Queen of Heaven to commemorate that victory ; and it simultaneously enshrines the passionate imagination of the saint who engineered it . Unlike the coronation of the Virgin on the tympana of medieval French cathedrals , or the icon of ...
... Queen of Heaven to commemorate that victory ; and it simultaneously enshrines the passionate imagination of the saint who engineered it . Unlike the coronation of the Virgin on the tympana of medieval French cathedrals , or the icon of ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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