Mariolatry

English 2019 December 8 Etymology From en la MarīaCompare n or English en Mary the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ -olatry, modelled after en idolatry. The English word is cognate with fr mariolâtrie, it mariolatria, la-lat mariolatrīa.Compare n 114135 December 2000 Pronunciation en /ˌmɛːɹiˈɒlətɹi/ /ˌmæ-/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mariolatry.wav Southern England en /ˌmɛɹiˈɑlətɹi/ GA en Ma ri o la try en ɒlətɹi 5 Noun ~ en Protestantism derogatory Adoration or veneration of the Virgin Mary to an extent regarded as inappropriate or even idolatrous. from early 17th c. en Marianolatry obsolete,rare en Thomas Iames [i.e., Thomas James] The 32. Place Corrupted, in the 17. Homily of Chrys[ostom] vpon Gen[esis] To[me] 1. Pg. 97. A Treatise of the Corrvption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for Maintenance of Popery and Irreligion.[...] Together with a Sufficient Answere vnto James Gretser, and Antonie Posseuine Iesuites, and the Vnknowne Author of the Grounds of the Old Religion & the New. Diuided into V. Parts. London Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes 1611 22142325 London Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes;and are to be sold in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Bishops-head. 1612 part II (Corruption of the True Fathers) 85 https://books.google.com/books?id=zoVLAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP209 38676399 For, though it were a knowen corruption, and therefore ſhould haue beene auoyded; yet [Robert] Bellarmine in muſtering vp the Fathers authorities, for proofe of the reading, ipſa (the beſt ground of their Mariolatrie) brings in [John] Chryſoſtom in the rereward. en w:Alexander Viets Griswold The Reformation: A Brief Exposition of Some of the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome Boston, Mass. James B. Dow, publisher 1843 87 https://books.google.com/books?id=S6oOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 4622775 Our great prophet has so ordered the revelation of God's will, and of the doctrines of life, that Christians have nothing to justify or excuse this Maryolatry,—this idolatrous exaltation of Mary. en [Richard Ford] Madrid A Hand-book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home.Describing the Country and Cities, the Natives and Their Manners; the Antiquities, Religion, Legends, Fine Arts, Literature, Sports, and Gastronomy, Past and Present: With Notices on Spanish History. London John Murray,Albemarle Street. 1845 part II section XI (The Castiles; Old and New) 754 https://books.google.com/books?id=bdExAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA754 2 969041870 St. Bernard [of Clairvaux] was a champion of the Virgin, second only to Sn. Buonaventura, the Seraphic Doctor; and both advocated Mariolatry to its wildest extent, substituting her for the Father and the Redeemer. en Art. VIII.—The Annals of the English Bible, by Christopher Anderson. London: William Pickering. 1845. 2 vols. octavo. [book review] Southern Quarterly Review Charleston, S.C. Published for the proprietor April 1846 IX XVIII 481 https://books.google.com/books?id=5rQRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA481 1066047533 [I]f this is the rational reverence of Protestantism,—it cannot be long before the ingenuity of our enemies compiles the annals of Bibliolatry, abounding, if not with sad impieties, yet with absurdities as numberless and as noxious as the thousand and one Mariolatries, with which our controversialists are armed. en John M[ackinnon] Robertson Freethought in the Nineteenth Century A Short History of Freethought: Ancient and Modern London Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co. 1899 part I (The Culture Forces), § 6 (Poetry and Fine Letters), paragraph 4 412 https://archive.org/details/ashorthistoryfr01robegoog/page/n433/mode/1up 906182845 [O]n the side of the regulation religion [...] can be cited at best the regimental psalmody of Mr. [Rudyard] Kipling, lyrist of trumpet and drum; the stained-glass Mariolatries of Mr. Francis Thompson; and the Godism of Mr. [William Ernest] Henley, whereat the prosaic godly look askance. en Clinton H. Blake Gravest Heresy [letter] Peter [Morton] Day w:The Living Church Milwaukee, Wis. Church Literature Foundation 4 April 1954 CXXVIII 14 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=KmXkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159 1 0024-5240 609938560 Even historically, it is interesting to note, Roman Mariolatry now denies the very circumstances out of which it arose. [...] The second half of the 11th century theology is marked by two outstanding developments; one being the canonical declaration of Transubstantiation and the other being the rise of Mariolatry. Both of these were an attempt to express the saving presence of deity amongst men and directly available to men. en w:Wolfhart Pannenberg Jesus’ Divinity in Relation to the Father’s Divinity Lewis L. Wilkins; Duane A. Priebe Jesus – God and Man 2nd Philadelphia, Pa. The Westminster Press 1977 part 1 (The Knowledge of Jesus’ Divinity), section II.2 (Virgin Birth and Incarnation) 147 https://books.google.com/books?id=zWfvlpURwiIC&pg=PA147 978-0-664-24468-2 [I]t is understandable that Mariolatry has worked with unparalleled productivity in the history of piety without a sufficient historical basis and even to a great extent without an old tradition. In Mariolatry the church has not, as in Christology, pursued the inner logic of a historically given starting point, but has sought repeatedly to express its own essence in the figure of Mary. en Michael P. Carroll The Splintering of Religious Devotion in Catholicism Catholic Cults and Devotions: A Psychological Inquiry Kingston, Ont.; Montreal, Que. McGill–Queen’s University Press 1989 166 https://books.google.com/books?id=gBlrL1A6lrIC&pg=PA166 978-0-7735-0693-0 In his Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864, 176–8), [John Henry] Newman's great autobiographical account of his gradual conversion, he tells us that Catholic "Mariolatry," the emphasis that Catholics place upon Mary and Marian devotions, had always been one of his greatest stumbling blocks. en Rolland E. Wolfe How the Easter Story Grew from Gospel to Gospel Lewiston, N.Y.; Queenston, Ont. The Edward Mellen Press 1989 240 https://books.google.com/books?id=2L2DvdrhZFsC&pg=PA240 978-0-88946-003-4 Such mounting departure from truth, as Maryolatry, was instrumental in causing Christianity to be eliminated from another important segment of the Christian world. [...] [T]he overburden of superstition, especially the Maryolatry, caused Christianity to be swept away from that great land [Russia] with the revolution. Alternative forms en Mariolatrie obsolete, rare en Maryolatry Hypernyms en parthenolatry one sense, rare Derived terms en Mariolatrous Related terms en Mariolater Mariological Mariologist Mariology Translations adoration or veneration of the Virgin Mary to an extent regarded as inappropriate or even idolatrous French: fr mariolâtrie f German: de Mariolatrie f Italian: it mariolatria f Latin: Late Latin: la mariolatrīa f Serbo-Croatian: sh mariolatrija f, sh marijanska pobožnost f See also en hyperdulia References Further reading Mary, mother of Jesus Protestant views on Mary en eponyms