Excerpt from The Practice of Idolatry The rosary is preached and practiced as a devotion to Mary and as an act of honor of Mary. It is taught as a means of gaining her pro tection and of obtaining favors from her. It is preached as a power ful instrument for creating confidence in Mary and for saving souls by her intercession. The intention of the meditations in the rosary is to furnish grounds for confidence in Mary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.