Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... Legend , one of the earliest European bestsellers , found marvellously devious loopholes to champion Mary's virginity . Its author , Jacobus de Varagine ( d . 1298 ) , declared that James was only called the Lord's " brother " because ...
... Legend , one of the earliest European bestsellers , found marvellously devious loopholes to champion Mary's virginity . Its author , Jacobus de Varagine ( d . 1298 ) , declared that James was only called the Lord's " brother " because ...
Page 90
... Legend , sums up the official position of the Church when he apologizes , saying that the story was apocryphal and did not take place , but that just the same it was true . In fourteenth - century Europe , another legend , that doubting ...
... Legend , sums up the official position of the Church when he apologizes , saying that the story was apocryphal and did not take place , but that just the same it was true . In fourteenth - century Europe , another legend , that doubting ...
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... ( legend ) c . 1300 Meditations on the Life of Our Lord , attributed to St. Bonaventure ; legend of Virgin's girdle reaches the west 1300-1400 Angelus prayer introduced before 1306 Jacopone da Todi : Laude 1311 Duccio's polyp- tych , La ...
... ( legend ) c . 1300 Meditations on the Life of Our Lord , attributed to St. Bonaventure ; legend of Virgin's girdle reaches the west 1300-1400 Angelus prayer introduced before 1306 Jacopone da Todi : Laude 1311 Duccio's polyp- tych , La ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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