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Word: redemptress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nazareth. By popular piety and papal decree, Roman Catholics have gradually elevated Mary to the queen of heaven, born free of sin and assumed bodily into heaven. Marian "maximalists" even yearn for the day when a Pope will promulgate new dogmas that in union with her son she is redemptress of the human race and mediatrix of God's grace to men. For centuries, Protestants have reacted by condemning Catholic "Mariolatry" as paganism and ignoring the Virgin as much as they decently could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theology: What Mary Means to Protestants | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

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