Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 66
... cult of Mary as mother of God . Both after Ephesus and Chalcedon , the government asked the approval of Symeon the Stylite ( d . 459 ) , who lived on top of a column in a Syrian monastery . Symeon , simple , unlet- tered , and holy ...
... cult of Mary as mother of God . Both after Ephesus and Chalcedon , the government asked the approval of Symeon the Stylite ( d . 459 ) , who lived on top of a column in a Syrian monastery . Symeon , simple , unlet- tered , and holy ...
Page 237
The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary Marina Warner. she was wholly free from concupiscence , the " incentive to sin , " and ... cult of the Virgin . It was only logical that Pius IX followed up the Bull of 1854 with another , in 1870 ...
The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary Marina Warner. she was wholly free from concupiscence , the " incentive to sin , " and ... cult of the Virgin . It was only logical that Pius IX followed up the Bull of 1854 with another , in 1870 ...
Page 274
... cult of the humanity of Jesus and Mary transformed her into a gentle , tender , and ordinary mother caring for her helpless baby . Montserrat , the site of one of the longest continuous cults of the Virgin , retains its ancient ...
... cult of the humanity of Jesus and Mary transformed her into a gentle , tender , and ordinary mother caring for her helpless baby . Montserrat , the site of one of the longest continuous cults of the Virgin , retains its ancient ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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