{"product_id":"the-book-of-mary","title":"The Book of Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSacred Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e offers little detailed revelation about Mary, the Mother of God: just a few paragraphs to the beginnings of Luke’s and Matthew’s Gospels, some passing allusions in the course of Jesus’ public life, and a brief appearance, almost in silhouette, in John’s account of Calvary. Yet from this apparently insignificant foundation has arisen a universal devotion to Mary, a devotion exemplified over the centuries by prayers, poems, theological studies, and sacred music. To show how this came to be, Henri Daniel-Rops lays out all that is known from the testimony of contemporaries, ancient texts and later interpretations, about the humble maiden of Nazareth who was chosen to bear God’s only-begotten Son. With clarity and reverence, Daniel-Rops presents the recorded details of Mary: from Scripture and the early post-Biblical literature, the fascinating apocryphal and pseudo-epigraphical texts, and the writings of the early Church Fathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee called Nazareth,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere a virgin dwelt, betrothed to a man of David’s lineage;\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ehis name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name was Mary.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLuke 1:26–27)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst appearing in English translation in 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mary \u003c\/i\u003eis a treasure-trove of the original testimonies to the glories of Mary—and these, in the words of St. John Henry Newman, “are for the sake of Jesus; and that we praise and bless her as the first of creatures, that we may confess Him as our sole Creator.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965) was a French Catholic historian and author. Over a span of just thirty years, he wrote seventy books, including the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular. In 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953751\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861720895582,"sku":"978-1685953751","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1187.jpg?v=1780986775","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/the-book-of-mary","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}