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Pints With Aquinas
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The Role of the Holy Mary Mother of God
The word Jesus wasn't added to the first half of the prayer until like the 13th century, in official fashion. The Holy Mary mother of God part of the Hail Mary wasn't added until was it around the black plague or something? When was that? Yeah. So obviously the first half is from Sacred Scripture, and it's an early tradition to append the angelic salutation as it's called in medieval tradition.
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