Tag: mary

May 7, 2013

Mary in the Year of Faith 6: The Assumption

Scripture Kieran Fenn fms The law of prayer is the law of belief’ is a saying that owes much to Augustine and the theological battles of the fifth century. It implies that the basis of doctrines can be seen in popular consensus as shown in liturgical celebration, of feasts in honour of Mary. The dogma […]

April 4, 2013

Mary in the Year of Faith 5: The Immaculate Conception

Scripture Kieran Fenn fms 5 April, 2013 The feast of the Immaculate Conception made its first appearance towards the end of the seventh century, influenced by popular apocryphal accounts of Mary’s own miraculous birth. A little background A vision seen by the abbot of a monastery in Kent during a life-threatening storm led to the […]