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The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch: 2. Virgin Mary: Mother of God or Whore of Babylon?

2. Virgin Mary: Mother of God or Whore of Babylon?

The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch

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Diarmaid MacCulloch on why the Virgin Mary is a problem in the Protestant Reformation.

Diarmaid MacCulloch on the Virgin Mary in the Protestant Reformation who became a divisive figure in the church.  From 2017.

Oxford historian Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch considers the problem of The Virgin Mary in the Protestant Reformation. 

He explores why Mary became such a divisive figure in the church, how attitudes towards her shaped religious thought and what that means for us today. 

Producer: Dixi Stewart

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.

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