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MIRI RUBIN

A scholarly treatise on the Virgin, written from a solely  Roman Catholic point of view. When I first ordered this tomb, I was hoping for a more general discussion of what it is in human nature and religious history before Christ that would elevate Mary so extremely in the Christian hierarchy of deities. Especially since so little is said about Mary in the gospels.

Rubin explains that in Spain Christian, Muslim and Jews had been living side by side for years but when the last Moorish city was defeated the Christian monarch started the Spanish Inquisition to force conversion and  rid the country not Christian belief. This was done in Spain under the banner of the Virgin. Ironic that the Christian symbol of compassion, think of La Pieta, was used to start the Inquisition. When the Spanish were conquering the New World soon after the religion that they were exporting was basically  a Mary Cult.

I enjoyed skimming the book despite its limitations. Recommended for Catholic readers.

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