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Between the introductory prayers and the concluding prayer is the meat of the rosary: the decades.

If you were to ask what object is most emblematic of Catholics, people would probably say, The rosary, of course.

But in recent years the rosary has made a comeback, and not just among Catholics.

Many Protestants now say the rosary, recognizing it as a truly biblical form of prayerafter all, the prayers that compose it come mainly from the Bible.

First are the introductory prayers: one Apostles Creed ( Credo), one Our Father (the Pater Noster or the Lords Prayer), three Hail Marys ( Aves ), one Glory Be ( Gloria Patri ).

The original form of the creed came into use around A.D.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

Amen.

For instance, we refer to the holy Catholic Church, meaning a particular, identifiable Church on earth.

Protestants typically reinterpret this to refer to an invisible church consisting of all true believers in Jesus.

This is despite the fact that the term Catholic was already used to refer to a particular, visible Church by the second century and had already lost its broader meaning of universal.

Since the Hail Mary is a prayer to Mary, many Protestants assume its unbiblical.

This is nothing other than the greeting the angel Gabriel gave Mary in Luke 1:28 ( Confraternity Version ).

This was exactly what Marys cousin Elizabeth said to her in Luke 1:42.

The only thing that has been added to these two verses are the names Jesus and Mary, to make clear who is being referred to.

But Mary was a Christian (the first Christian, actually, the first to accept Jesus; see Luke 1:45), and the Bible describes Christians in general as holy.

In fact, they are called saints, which means holy ones (Eph.

Phil. 1:1, Col. 1:2).

Furthermore, as the mother of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Mary was certainly a very holy woman.

Many non-Catholics think such a request denies the teaching of 1 Timothy 2:5: For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

But in the preceding four verses (1 Tim.

Paul instructs Christians to pray for each other, meaning it cannot interfere with Christs mediatorship: I urge that prayers, supplications, petitions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone....

This is good, and pleasing to God our Savior.

The last two names are taken from the opening words of the Latin version of the prayer, which in English reads.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen. The Gloria is a brief hymn of praise in which all Christians can join.

It has been used since the fourth century (though its present form is from the seventh) and traditionally has been recited at the end of each Psalm in the Divine Office.

Its the most commonly recited prayer in praise of Mary after the Hail Mary itself, and was composed at the end of the eleventh century.

To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.

Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Lasallian Six Decade Rosary