Mary, Mother of God
Contributors: Carl E. Braaten (Editor); Robert W. Jenson (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780802822666
Subjects: Bible readings or selections; Ecumenism; Bible - Stories - General; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Congresses; Christianity - Ritual & Practice; Blessed Virgin, Saint; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Christian Theology - Mariology; Mary,; Religion - Classic Works; Religion - Roman Catholic
First sentence: The source for the title of this essay is, of course, the Magnificat of the Virgin Mary from the first chapter of the Gospel according to Saint Luke in the Authorized Version of the English Bible (Luke 1:48), but rather presumptuously modified from her original formulation, "For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed," to "most generations," in order to take account of the statistical realities of modern church history, when she has certainly not always been called "blessed" by all generations.