Mary In History, in Faith and in Devotion

includes index and biblioraphy

PART 1. Mary and history 1. Mary and the times of christ- the life of mary ..........1 2. Mary and the times of man -the apparitions of mary ...........26 Part II. Mary and our faith 3. The faith which we profess .............57 Section one : The faith and its sources Section two : progress and development of dogma Section three: faith and the blessed virgin mary Section four : The scope of the present work 4. The divine maternity ...........67 Section one : Mary`s predestination Section two : Mary the mother of God Section three : Mary`s fulness of grace 5. Mary`s negative privileges ...........85 Section one : The immaculate conception Section two : The sinlessness of mary Section three : The perpetual virginity of mary Section four : The assumption of Mary 6. Mary`s positive prerogatives .......111 Section one : Mary the co-redemptrix Section two :Mary`s universal motherhood Section three : Mary mediatrix of all grace Section four : Mary`s queenship Part I I I . Mary and our devotion 7. Mary and the sacred scriptures .........127 Section one: Mary in the old testament Section two : Mary in the new testament 8. Veneration of mary ...........139 Section one : veneration given to mary Section two : Mary in the gospels Section three : "Mariolaty"? Section four : The necessity of devotion to mary 9. Of some prayers, shrines and devotions ..........175 Section one : Prayers and hymns in honor of mary Section two : Some shrines of our lady Section three : The necessity of devotion to maary 10. Conseration to Mary .........236 Section one : True devotion to the blessed mother Section two : consecration to mary Section three: The scapular, sign of our consecration