Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 82
... relics . But in Mary's case there were no contemporary records at all of her death , and though one Greek writer , Epiphanius , suggested that the sword of which Simeon had spoken at the Purification might have been the instrument of ...
... relics . But in Mary's case there were no contemporary records at all of her death , and though one Greek writer , Epiphanius , suggested that the sword of which Simeon had spoken at the Purification might have been the instrument of ...
Page 200
... relics in Europe . From the thirteenth century , phials in which her milk was preserved were vener- ated all over Christendom in shrines that attracted pilgrims by the thou- sands . Walsingham , Chartres , Genoa , Rome , Venice ...
... relics in Europe . From the thirteenth century , phials in which her milk was preserved were vener- ated all over Christendom in shrines that attracted pilgrims by the thou- sands . Walsingham , Chartres , Genoa , Rome , Venice ...
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... relics as a channel of communication with heaven . If some holy things through which men had tried to contact God had now been declared spurious , it only made the genuine articles rarer , more sacred , and more worthy of veneration ...
... relics as a channel of communication with heaven . If some holy things through which men had tried to contact God had now been declared spurious , it only made the genuine articles rarer , more sacred , and more worthy of veneration ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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