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Aspect Of Mother Earth: The agricultural Romans create a new relation between the heavens which ser the invigorating rains upon the earth and th great earth mother who received them; and the; made the sky and the earth husband and wife father and mother. But the moon goddess dii not thereby lose all her ancient power; she stil remained the patroness of hunters and of person taking long journeys.
Cult objects, like the axe, are prominent in Minoan religion, which was primarily concerned with nature. The chthonic aspect of mother Earth was not very prominent, except insofar as the great goddess was thought of as Mother Earth. Minoans may have believed in life after death; they buried their dead (often in large jars within the house) and offered them libations.
Of all the saints saved by the Redeemer, Mary, His mother, is the most revered. Both Catholic and Orthodox traditions are at one in their devotion to Mary: God chose her to be the first point of contact between historical man and his salvation, which is Christ Jesus. It is in recognition of the peculiar unity between son and mother that she is so esteemed. Because she is the mother of Christ, who is God, Mary was conceived free of original sin ( a doctrine called the Immaculate Conception); and after her life on earth she was taken up, body and soul, into heaven (a doctrine known as the Assumption). Traditionally she is thought of as mother of all Christians, who are incorporated into Christ through His human nature, and thus she is accorded the title "Mother of the Church." |
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