Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... early as the middle of the fourth century : the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple . It was first kept forty days after the Epiphany , on February 14. By the early sixth century in Byzantium , the feast , now called the ...
... early as the middle of the fourth century : the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple . It was first kept forty days after the Epiphany , on February 14. By the early sixth century in Byzantium , the feast , now called the ...
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... Early Church ( London , 1968 ) , Penguin History of the Church , 2:87 . 8. Origen , Contra Celsum , 1:37 . 9. Grant , The Earliest Lives of Jesus , p . 72 ; Grant : Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco - Roman and Early Christian Thought ...
... Early Church ( London , 1968 ) , Penguin History of the Church , 2:87 . 8. Origen , Contra Celsum , 1:37 . 9. Grant , The Earliest Lives of Jesus , p . 72 ; Grant : Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco - Roman and Early Christian Thought ...
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... early litany of the Virgin , dating from the eighth century , is extant in Gaelic . The earliest litany of the ... Early Christian Writings , The Apostolic Fathers ( London , 1968 ) , p . 97 . 37. Epistle to the Smyrnaeans , ch . 1 ...
... early litany of the Virgin , dating from the eighth century , is extant in Gaelic . The earliest litany of the ... Early Christian Writings , The Apostolic Fathers ( London , 1968 ) , p . 97 . 37. Epistle to the Smyrnaeans , ch . 1 ...
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MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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