Marian piety

Marginalized Marian piety means that it is primarily the women in the church who look up to her.

And thus there was always a contravening force which wished to marginalize Marian piety.

And so, I rediscovered Marian piety, this time with a deeper understanding."

He is considered an example of Protestant Marian piety of his time, largely in light of his sermons.

The hierarchy had close ties to Rome, which encouraged the bishops to support the British Empire and emphasize Marian piety.

It considered Marian piety the basis for Church and condemned a number of issues as errors, including the denial of the virginity of Mary.

During and after the Catholic Reformation, Marian piety experienced unforeseen growth with over 500 pages of mariological writings during the 17th century alone.

Under the heading "prayer" he explains the Ave Maria, Hail Mary, as the basis for Catholic Marian piety.

By the High Middle Ages, Marian piety was so widespread throughout the country that England had become known as the Dowry of Mary.

He approved the veneration and promoted Marian piety in Lourdes with the granting of special indulgences and the formation of local Lourdes associations.

Devotional articles: Marian piety also includes various scapulars, the most common of which is the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

After the Council of Trent, Marian fraternities were founded, fostering Marian piety, some of which were outlawed by Popes.

Pope Clement X (1670-1676) furthered Marian piety with additional indulgences and privileges to religious orders and cities to celebrate special Marian feasts.

But I think it is not unfair to sense behind this whole Marian piety a profounder alienation, a sense that in the modern world the Christian had no role except that of denunciation.

Key is his interpretation of the Magnificat of Mary, which to some is a relic of the Catholic past, but to others a clear indication, that he maintained a Marian piety.

Anglican Marian piety is close to Roman Catholic devotion: Never think about Mary, without thinking about God, and never think about God without thinking about Mary.

He opposed the Marian piety of Louis de Montfort (canonized by Pope Pius XII) with a bull published on December 15, 1673 and outlawed some manifestations of Marian devotions.

Over time, Roman Catholic Mariology also received some input from Liberation Theology, which emphasized popular Marian piety, and more recently from feminist theology, which stressed both the dignity of women and gender differences.

By the time of Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo, with the increased emphasis on Marian piety, a wider role for Mary began to appear in the context of the history of salvation.

Popular Marian piety was even more colourful and varied than ever before: Numerous Marian pilgrimages, Marian Salve devotions, new Marian litanies, Marian theatre plays, Marian hymns, Marian processions.

Pope Benedict XVI has stated that Marian studies have three separate characteristics: first personalizing the Church so it is not seen just as a structure but as a person, secondly the incarnational aspect and the relation to God, and third Marian piety which involves the heart and the emotional component.