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4 days ago · During the first year of Mary’s reign, many prominent Protestants fled abroad, but those who stayed behind—and persisted in publicly proclaiming their beliefs—became targets of heresy laws ...
3 days ago · Nevertheless, he allowed the widowed James to marry Mary of Modena, a fifteen-year-old Italian princess. James and Mary were married by proxy in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 20 September 1673. [55] On 21 November, Mary arrived in England and Nathaniel Crew , Bishop of Oxford , performed a brief Anglican service that did little more than ...
- 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688
- Henrietta Maria of France
5 days ago · While the Catholicism of Henrietta Maria, Catherine of Braganza (wife of Charles II) and Mary of Modena (James II’s second wife) is well attested, Anne’s confessional identity is certainly debated, which Dunn-Hensley acknowledges when she notes the ‘scholarly disagreement about the details of Anna’s conversion and about her confessional ...
2 days ago · Clara/Shutterstock. Philip Kosloski - published on 05/11/24. While Mary was the biological mother of Jesus, bearing him in her womb and giving birth, her motherhood had a much larger reach. It is ...
3 days ago · The Crown of Mary of Modena was made especially for her when she was crowned Queen Consort of James II of England. http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Insight_jul05_mbox_crown_large.jpg
4 days ago · Yes, Mary Is God’s Mother. On Jan. 1, Catholics celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. But for some Protestants—especially those in the Reformed and Evangelical traditions—the thought that Mary, a mere human who was created by God, should somehow be considered God’s “mother” is a source of scandal.
4 days ago · Susanna Spencer, January 8, 2023. The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, titled Deus Caritas Est, that is, “God Is Love,” ends with the late pope calling on Mary, the Mother of the Lord, to show us as the Church how to live God’s love in the world: Holy Mary, Mother of God,
