Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... Spirit in the conception of Christ , as expressed by St. Ambrose : Non ex virili semine Sed mystico spiramine Verbum Dei factum est caro Fructusque ventris floruit . ( Not from human seed but by the mystical breath of the Spirit was the ...
... Spirit in the conception of Christ , as expressed by St. Ambrose : Non ex virili semine Sed mystico spiramine Verbum Dei factum est caro Fructusque ventris floruit . ( Not from human seed but by the mystical breath of the Spirit was the ...
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... spirit : in Egyptian friezes the dove hieroglyph stands for the soul of the departed and , much later , in medieval miracle plays , a bird , representing the soul soaring to heaven , was pulled upwards on a string when an actor lay down ...
... spirit : in Egyptian friezes the dove hieroglyph stands for the soul of the departed and , much later , in medieval miracle plays , a bird , representing the soul soaring to heaven , was pulled upwards on a string when an actor lay down ...
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... Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man . " The shift from " she " to " he " in the case of the Third Person may have occurred in the west for linguistic reasons . The spirit of God , the shekinah , was feminine in Hebrew ...
... Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man . " The shift from " she " to " he " in the case of the Third Person may have occurred in the west for linguistic reasons . The spirit of God , the shekinah , was feminine in Hebrew ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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