Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 85
... Thou shalt see him [ the prince of darkness ] indeed according to the law of mankind whereby the end , even death is allotted thee . " But the Devil , he adds , cannot hurt her . Peter tells Jesus that , as Mary was his " immaculate ...
... Thou shalt see him [ the prince of darkness ] indeed according to the law of mankind whereby the end , even death is allotted thee . " But the Devil , he adds , cannot hurt her . Peter tells Jesus that , as Mary was his " immaculate ...
Page 185
... thou have this thy wife ? —I will have her an honest woman -and thou art dishonest : that again is not well . . . . I would have her temperate and thou art never out of the tavern : thou shalt not have her ! O , how wouldst thou have ...
... thou have this thy wife ? —I will have her an honest woman -and thou art dishonest : that again is not well . . . . I would have her temperate and thou art never out of the tavern : thou shalt not have her ! O , how wouldst thou have ...
Page 194
... thou art with me , and whole thou art hidden in thy father . All heights of heaven are full of thy majesty , and yet my bosom is not too - straitened for thee ... 6 Milk symbolized the full humanity of Jesus at one level , but it also ...
... thou art with me , and whole thou art hidden in thy father . All heights of heaven are full of thy majesty , and yet my bosom is not too - straitened for thee ... 6 Milk symbolized the full humanity of Jesus at one level , but it also ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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