[JHavard]

As is often the case, only Paul Tillich manages to deal with the matter with some sense of proportion: Paul Tilich : A History of Christian Thought, Page 78 "The (holy ) Spirit was replaced in actual piety by the Holy Virgin. The virgin who gave birth to God acquired divinity herself to a certain extent, at least for popular piety."

Okay Robby, before I bite, do you believe what this idiot Paul Tillich wrote?

JH

[RobbyS]

He is right in saying that the cult of the Virgin had many adherents among those to whom the Holy Spirit was a mere abstraction. A mother personifies grace in a way that a bird cannot.