Symbolism And The Christian Imagination By Herbert Musurillo

Download or read book Symbolism and the Christian Imagination written by Herbert Musurillo and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating study of the imagery of the early Church, in which the author shows how the Christian experience found symbolic expression. He traces the functioning of the Christian imagination through the High Middle Ages. The Apostles and the Fathers, the martyrs, monks, mystics and poets are each examined in turn. There is a particularly interesting chapter on Mary; woman and virgin.