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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1756172, member: 2844&quot;]In the case of these miraculous statues etc of the Madonna it is not a matter of&nbsp; Christian iconography, but of folk religion and the difference between the countless local Madonna statues.</p><p>Remember, folk religion has little to do with formal iconography, hagiology, theology, etc. It is considered superstition by many educated people. In a way it is a triumph of ancient traditions over institutionalized Christianity.</p><p><br /></p><p>About all these Madonnas and their significant differences:</p><p>Locals and pilgrims are very particular about the look of their favourite Madonna. For instance the farmers going to Hakendover each year will be very upset if they are suddenly confronted with a Madonna who watches over the safety of sailors. Likewise, people seeking healing in Lourdes won&#039;t be happy to be fobbed off with a Madonna which will cause them to have a child in the following year.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Every year a procession from a town to the southwest of us passes through my street on its way to to a Madonna in a village to the east of us. People still go to commemorate the fact that the town was saved from an epidemic of the plague centuries ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZ8L-CPDreCE%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;sp=27e1caf6fbb70553a1c92290f98d7756&amp;anticache=997960" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If their Madonna would be replaced by a Spanish one, the people simply wouldn&#039;t go, church or no church. This is the one they want, nothing else:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tijkools.nl%2FPeelrandbreuk_Handel%2FMaria_1024.jpg&amp;sp=e57f394f9e75cb788bf64ed73b77ee1a&amp;anticache=437992" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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