<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/00a5409e-fafd-458c-821a-d3a0fe1eb67b/DF4D9C07-52FE-48C5-A69B-35BA9CDB2EA8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134"><H1 class="firstHeading">Blessed Virgin Mary</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/4A9372A7-D00F-458F-BF66-C6E3606E71D5" alt="A modern popular Roman Catholic image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, displaying her Immaculate Heart" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134"><TABLE summary="Contents" class="toc" id="toc"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV id="toctitle"> <H2>Contents</H2> <SPAN class="toctoggle">[<A id="togglelink" class="internal" href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self">hide</A>]</SPAN></DIV> <UL> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#The_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_in_Catholicism"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">The Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholicism</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Cult_of_the_Virgin"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Cult of the Virgin</SPAN></A> <UL> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Origins"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2.1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Origins</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Accusations_of_idolatry"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2.2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Accusations of idolatry</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> </LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_theology"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian theology</SPAN></A> <UL> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Divine_motherhood"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Divine motherhood</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Perpetual_virginity"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Perpetual virginity</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Immaculate_Conception"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Immaculate Conception</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Assumption"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.4</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Assumption</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Co-Redemptrix"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.5</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Co-Redemptrix</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> </LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Controversy"><SPAN class="tocnumber">4</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Controversy</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_prayers"><SPAN class="tocnumber">5</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian prayers</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_apparitions"><SPAN class="tocnumber">6</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian apparitions</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_titles"><SPAN class="tocnumber">7</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian titles</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_Feast_days"><SPAN class="tocnumber">8</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian Feast days</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Marian_shrines"><SPAN class="tocnumber">9</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Marian shrines</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Anglican_Recognition_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary"><SPAN class="tocnumber">10</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Anglican Recognition of the Blessed Virgin Mary</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#See_also"><SPAN class="tocnumber">11</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">See also</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#External_links"><SPAN class="tocnumber">12</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">External links</SPAN></A></LI> <LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#References"><SPAN class="tocnumber">13</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">References</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blessed_Virgin_Mary&oldid=144616134"><P><B>The Blessed Virgin Mary</B>, sometimes shortened to <B>The Blessed Virgin</B> or <B>The Virgin Mary</B>, is a traditional title specifically used by <A title="Roman Catholic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic">Roman Catholics</A>, <A title="Anglicanism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism">Anglicans</A>, some <A title="Eastern Orthodox" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</A> and <A title="Eastern Catholics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholics">Eastern Catholics</A>, and others to describe <A title="Mary, mother of Jesus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%2C_mother_of_Jesus">Mary</A>, the mother of <A title="Jesus Christ" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ">Jesus Christ</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DF4D9C07-52FE-48C5-A69B-35BA9CDB2EA8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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