Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being devoted ... (1517-1648), the idea of Mary as intercessor fell out of favor with Protestants, who advocated going straight to God in prayer.

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

Devotion to traditional religion was intense in Wales in the half century before the Protestant Reformation. There was a great devotion to the cult of the Virgin Mary. Fine town churches were ...