Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary"Devoting different sections of the book to each of the various roles Mary has assumed - Virgin, Queen, Bride, Mother, Intercessor - and drawing on official dogma, folk legend, art, history, literature and psychology, the author of Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances from the first century to the present day, and why, for all their beauty and power (and indeed because of them), the legends of Virgin Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority"--Google books description |
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... tion of the flesh in the grave ? If Mary conquered both , she conquered death . It is difficult to draw the line , after both the Immaculate Concep- tion and the Assumption have been declared articles of faith . Another analogous ...
... tion of the flesh in the grave ? If Mary conquered both , she conquered death . It is difficult to draw the line , after both the Immaculate Concep- tion and the Assumption have been declared articles of faith . Another analogous ...
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... tion kept in Byzantium 339-397 Ambrose of Milan c . 340 earliest version of Apostles ' Creed 342-419 Jerome 347-407 John Chrysos- tom 354-430 Augustine of Hippo 384 Vulgate transla- tion of New Testa- ment , Rome 397 Confessions of ...
... tion kept in Byzantium 339-397 Ambrose of Milan c . 340 earliest version of Apostles ' Creed 342-419 Jerome 347-407 John Chrysos- tom 354-430 Augustine of Hippo 384 Vulgate transla- tion of New Testa- ment , Rome 397 Confessions of ...
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... tion of Virgin insti- tuted in west before 1373 Visions of St. Bridget of Sweden 1376-1386 Feast of Scapular established 1379 New College , Ox- ford ( St. Mary Col- lege ) , founded 1389 Feast of Visita- tion recognized 1400-1450 Herolt ...
... tion of Virgin insti- tuted in west before 1373 Visions of St. Bridget of Sweden 1376-1386 Feast of Scapular established 1379 New College , Ox- ford ( St. Mary Col- lege ) , founded 1389 Feast of Visita- tion recognized 1400-1450 Herolt ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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