The Blessed Virgin Mary is a troubling figure for many Protestant Christians, but this is a relatively new phenomenon. In the early Church, Marian devotion was hardly debated and even the major Protestant reformers themselves, such as Martin Luther and King Henry VIII, wrote treatises defending Marian doctrines. In this episode, Brandon and Fr. Blake explore some of the key beliefs about Mary, her pivotal role in salvation history, and the revival of Marian theology during the last two centuries.

Links

• Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah by Brant Pitre
• Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God  by Scott Hahn
• The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God  by Fulton Sheen
• Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church's Marian Belief by Joseph Ratzinger
• Mary: The Church at the Source by Joseph Ratzinger and Hans Urs von Balthasar
• Wider Than Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God by Eastern Church Fathers (St. Vladimir Press)
• The Handmaid of the Lord by Adrienne von Speyr
• 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration by Fr. Michael Gaitley
• The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander
• Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines by Tim Staples