Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... heaven . " Jesus assents , and commands Michael to bring Mary's soul down again from heaven . The angel rolls away the stone from the sepulchre and Jesus invokes Mary : " Rise up my love and my kinswoman : thou that didst not suffer ...
... heaven . " Jesus assents , and commands Michael to bring Mary's soul down again from heaven . The angel rolls away the stone from the sepulchre and Jesus invokes Mary : " Rise up my love and my kinswoman : thou that didst not suffer ...
Page 89
... heaven . The Pseudo- Melito is the source for the sculpture programmes of the portals to the Virgin of Senlis , Angers , Chartres , and , later , Strasbourg , Notre Dame in Paris , and Bourges , but none of them show Mary ascending to ...
... heaven . The Pseudo- Melito is the source for the sculpture programmes of the portals to the Virgin of Senlis , Angers , Chartres , and , later , Strasbourg , Notre Dame in Paris , and Bourges , but none of them show Mary ascending to ...
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... heaven . In the Acts of Paul , written around 160 , the saint appears to the Emperor Nero after his martyrdom as he had promised , and then rises into heaven . Another later tale in the same genre of apostolic romances that flourished ...
... heaven . In the Acts of Paul , written around 160 , the saint appears to the Emperor Nero after his martyrdom as he had promised , and then rises into heaven . Another later tale in the same genre of apostolic romances that flourished ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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