Beads and prayers : the rosary in history and devotion / John D. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Burns & Oates, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Christian rosary is a devotion in which a set of beads is used to keep tally of the prescribed prayers while pondering with Mary, the Mother of the Lord, on the significant events in the life of her son, Jesus Christ. The most popular of all Catholic devotions rosaries are also well known in other religious traditions beining in ancient times. A detailed and readable study of the Rosary in its various forms has long been needed. [Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is at an all time high, judging by the popularity of parish Rosary groups, pilgrimages to Marian shrines and the many alleged

Contents:

Contents; Chronology of the Development of the Rosary; 1 Introduction; 2 Origins of the Rosary; 3 The Hail Mary; 4 The Our Father; 5 The Sign of the Cross, the Gloria Patri and the Creed; 6 The Pre-Christian Origin of Prayer Beads; 7 The Use of Beads in the Christian Tradition; 8 The Use of Prayer Beads in England; 9 The Rosary in Ireland; 10 The Marian Movement and the Twentieth Century; 11 Marian Apparitions and the Promotion of the Rosary; 12 The Symbolism of the Rose, Rose Garland and Rose Garden; 13 The Rosary in Papal Documents; 14 A Method for Praying the Rosary

15 Meditating on the Rosary16 Other Rosaries and Chaplets; 17 The Jesus Clause; 18 Indulgences Associated with the Rosary; Appendix 1 The Salve Regina; Appendix 2 The Angelus and Memorare; Appendix 3 The Liturgy of the Hours; Appendix 4 The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament; Appendix 5 Rosaries in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 15, 2015).

ISBN:

9786613202840

9781283202848

1283202840

9781441116895

1441116893

OCLC:

741691350