Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... hell , where sinners are confined for a space of time to purify their souls of all stain . There is no way down to hell , only the way up ; once allotted a sojourn in purgatory , the soul is destined , eventually , for paradise . The ...
... hell , where sinners are confined for a space of time to purify their souls of all stain . There is no way down to hell , only the way up ; once allotted a sojourn in purgatory , the soul is destined , eventually , for paradise . The ...
Page 320
... hell by the intercession of the saints ? The Catholics say no , that hell is " everlasting fire " and the damned can win no respite . But since the thirteenth century the Greek Orthodox Church has openly contested the Roman view of ...
... hell by the intercession of the saints ? The Catholics say no , that hell is " everlasting fire " and the damned can win no respite . But since the thirteenth century the Greek Orthodox Church has openly contested the Roman view of ...
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... Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! " 5. Villon , Oeuvres , pp . 40-1 . 6. André Grabar , Christian Iconography : A Study of Its Origins ( London , 1969 ) , P. 44 , pl . 113 . 7. Emile Mâle , Religious Art from the Twelfth to the ...
... Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! Hell ! " 5. Villon , Oeuvres , pp . 40-1 . 6. André Grabar , Christian Iconography : A Study of Its Origins ( London , 1969 ) , P. 44 , pl . 113 . 7. Emile Mâle , Religious Art from the Twelfth to the ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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