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== History ==

== History ==

<ref>The main source of information for this History section on the history of the development of the Rosary is ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' - The Rosary (newadvent.org), ''Britannica Encyclopedia'' - Rosary: Religion, and ''The Scriptural Rosary: A Modern Version of the Way the Rosary was Once Prayed Throughout Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages''. Copyright 1961 Christianica Center, Copyright renewed 1989 Christianica Center, Christianica (America) 1807 Prairie Street, P.O. Box 685, Glenview, IL 60025, "Historic Background of the Scriptural Rosary" pp.9-15.</ref>

<ref>The main source of information for this History section on the history of the development of the Rosary is <br>''Catholic Encyclopedia'' - The Rosary (newadvent.org), <br>''Britannica Encyclopedia'' - Rosary: Religion, <br>and ''The Scriptural Rosary: A Modern Version of the Way the Rosary was Once Prayed Throughout Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages''. Copyright 1961 Christianica Center, Copyright renewed 1989 Christianica Center, Christianica (America) 1807 Prairie Street, P.O. Box 685, Glenview, IL 60025, "Historic Background of the Scriptural Rosary" pp.9-15.</ref>

Most historians trace the origin of the initial form of the Rosary back to the so-called [[Middle Ages|Dark Ages]] of 9th century Ireland, about the year [[Anno Domini|A.D.]] 800, when [[Charlemagne]] was made [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. By [[Piety|pious]] tradition, the [[Catholic]] laity living near monasteries of [[monk]]s and  [[convent|cloistered convents]] of [[nun]]s, sought to imitate the monastic practice of daily praying the 150 [[Psalms]], which were believed to [[Prophecy|prophesy]] the [[Incarnation]] of Christ, and his life, passion, death, resurrection and glory for our [[salvation]], and the sufferings and joys of his mother with him from the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Annunciation]] to the [[Resurrection]] and [[the Ascension]]. However, they found the practice difficult to perform in the midst of the demands of their daily duties and chores, and this was especially so for those who [[Illiteracy|could not read]] and found memorizing the entire book of the Psalms, the ''Psalter'', almost impossible. To assist their desire to join in with the monks and nuns and priests in their daily praise of God with the prayers of the Psalter, the bishops and priests, their pastors, and the monks, recommended a simple substitute—praying [[the Lord's Prayer]] 150 times, because it is the prayer that Jesus himself taught his apostles to pray, and paying close attention to the meaning of the words.  

Most historians trace the origin of the initial form of the Rosary back to the so-called [[Middle Ages|Dark Ages]] of 9th century Ireland, about the year [[Anno Domini|A.D.]] 800, when [[Charlemagne]] was made [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. By [[Piety|pious]] tradition, the [[Catholic]] laity living near monasteries of [[monk]]s and  [[convent|cloistered convents]] of [[nun]]s, sought to imitate the monastic practice of daily praying the 150 [[Psalms]], which were believed to [[Prophecy|prophesy]] the [[Incarnation]] of Christ, and his life, passion, death, resurrection and glory for our [[salvation]], and the sufferings and joys of his mother with him from the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Annunciation]] to the [[Resurrection]] and [[the Ascension]]. However, they found the practice difficult to perform in the midst of the demands of their daily duties and chores, and this was especially so for those who [[Illiteracy|could not read]] and found memorizing the entire book of the Psalms, the ''Psalter'', almost impossible. To assist their desire to join in with the monks and nuns and priests in their daily praise of God with the prayers of the Psalter, the bishops and priests, their pastors, and the monks, recommended a simple substitute—praying [[the Lord's Prayer]] 150 times, because it is the prayer that Jesus himself taught his apostles to pray, and paying close attention to the meaning of the words.