The Crown concludes with the Our Father and Hail Mary for the intention of the Holy Father and in order to gain indulgence. This is how the rosary began (Quintiliani, p. 82): The use of this rosary ...
The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying ... For each mystery is said one "decade" consisting of one Our Father, ten Hail Marys and one Glory Be. Though at first sight this method of ...
Henry Kalkar (1328-1408), with each decade referring to an event in the life of Jesus and Mary. The Dominican, Alanus de Rupe (1428-1478) further divided the episodes in the history of salvation into ...