Butler, Sara (Aston) · New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon press · leaf 122
the Spaniards averred thatthe whole affair had been trumped up by himas a last and desperate means of forcing hiscountrymen to respect the rights of the Indianrace which the Mother of God had takenunder her protection. This charge was notdue to any denial of the miraculous on thepart of the… … THE IMAGE PRINTED ON THE TILMA HISTORIC CHURCHES IN MEXICO bound by ties of birth to Mexicos soil grewin numbers and influence, the Mexican Virgingrew in popularity, until her worship becamenot only a test of religious zeal and orthodoxy,but of patriotism. The picture of the Virginwhich is alleged…
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