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Elizabeth praises Mary for her faith (using words partially reflected in the Hail Mary), and Mary responds with what is now known as the Magnificat. Some ancient authorities have Elizabeth, rather than Mary, speaking the Magnificat. [3] [4] The Magnificat is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn.
These developed into full hymns later. His Salutation to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a collection of greetings that form a litany of greetings to the Virgin Mary. [17] Some of the most recognized hymns to Mary were composed by the followers of Francis of Assisi.
Marian music is now an inherent element in many aspects of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic Mariology. Throughout the centuries Marian music has grown and progressed, and witnessed a resurgence along with the Renaissance , e.g. with the composition of the Ave Maria motet by Josquin des Prez .
And Mary all smiling was listening to me; The moon through the valley her pale rays was shedding, When I won the heart of the Rose of Tralee. Though lovely and fair as the Rose of the summer, Yet 'twas not her beauty alone that won me; Oh no, 'twas the truth in her eyes ever dawning, That made me love Mary the Rose of Tralee.
Catholic Mariology is the systematic study of the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, and of her place in the Economy of Salvation [1] [2] [3] in Catholic theology.According to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception taught by the Catholic Church, Mary was conceived and born without sin, hence she is seen as having a singular dignity above the saints, receiving a higher level of veneration than ...
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The original icon of Axion Esti, in Protaton Church, in Mount Athos.. Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστίν, Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, Dostóino yesť), or It is Truly Meet, is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification [1] and a theotokion.