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Mary is the safest, easiest, shortest, and most perfect way of approaching Jesus.
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The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed: the maculist position, which held that Mary was subject to original sin, in common with every other human being; and the immaculist position, which held that contrary view that Mary was in some way preserved from original sin, and was thus to be considered sinless. The maculist position was regarded as firmly established within the High Scholast
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― The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation
― The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation
