Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page xxii
... faith : her divine mother- hood and her virginity , both declared by councils of the early Church and therefore accepted by most of the reformed Christian groups ; the im- maculate conception , sparing her all stain of original sin ...
... faith : her divine mother- hood and her virginity , both declared by councils of the early Church and therefore accepted by most of the reformed Christian groups ; the im- maculate conception , sparing her all stain of original sin ...
Page 143
... faith among the southern nobility . The preaching of St. Bernard , sent in to convert the fallen , was of no avail . Indeed , the saint commented unhappily on the favourable comparison between the Cathar renegades and the loyal men of ...
... faith among the southern nobility . The preaching of St. Bernard , sent in to convert the fallen , was of no avail . Indeed , the saint commented unhappily on the favourable comparison between the Cathar renegades and the loyal men of ...
Page 210
... faith and was inspired to a more immediate fashion of worship . The cult of the Mater Dolorosa begins to rise in Italy , France , Eng- land , the Netherlands , and Spain from the end of the eleventh century , to reach full flowering in ...
... faith and was inspired to a more immediate fashion of worship . The cult of the Mater Dolorosa begins to rise in Italy , France , Eng- land , the Netherlands , and Spain from the end of the eleventh century , to reach full flowering in ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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