Mary Africa Rosenstock Jenkins Time Patrol

 Host A 21031 Italy Mary Africa Community Time Patrol

 

Rosenstock claims that Mary came into prominence in the 13^th century, as Italy moved from manor-centered life to city-centered life.  ’Mary’s intercession was construed as the intercession of the mother for her family and servants in a manor or palace of the time.’ Page 582, ‘Out of Revolution’. Remember community.

 

I’ll connect this up with Africa in the 20^th century, and what should be done.

 

The rosary and landscape painting came in around that time. Landscape painting arose because the rural areas were considered part of these cities.

 

Thus, Mary, Rosary, Landscape Painting, Citification.

 

Later (1854 Immaculate Conception, 1950 Assumption) came other ‘Marian Dogmas’—Divine Motherhood, Perpetual Virginity.

 

Let’s avoid such.

To do so, remember Jenkins’ view that Africa went from 10% Christian in 1900 to 46% Christian around a century later. One of the trends supporting this was the urbanization of Africa. New city residents wanted a community such as they had in the villages.

 

So we have commonalities. Increased devotion because of a desire for community.

 

Do we have landscape painting? I propose ‘ecology’.

 

Do we have other dogmas, especially concerning beginning (conception) and ending (assumption).

 

These would relate to intercessors for family and servants in the manor/village. Thus chiefs? Mothers?

 

There is much more to the development of such things as The Rosary, and other Marian Dogmas. There is much more to ‘ecology’/’climate change’. And it took centuries.

 

ERH says that any history must be universal, encompassing the good and bad. Darwin, among others, has said that ability to adapt is key. Berman has even written that Purgatory gave us Western law. (‘Law and Revolution’)

 

But to avoid error we need to be sure that our African borthers do not rhyme with the Italians.

 

And we’re all ‘citified’ now—JBJ, Bledsoe.