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Broader examinations of Catholic theology, tradition, and doctrinal claims in light of Scripture.
PROTESTANT SCHOLAR ON MARY’S VIRGINITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be referencing the late Protestant scholar J. B. Lightfoot’s monumental work on the early church’s view of the blessed Mother’s virginity. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine. Lightfoot did a careful, painstaking analysis of the early Christians writings, examining the
THE VIRGIN’S WOMB: GOD’S MOST HOLY PLACE Paid Members Public
In this article I will present more evidence in support of Mary’s perpetual virginity by showing how the Lord God made her womb the holy of holies for Christ to dwell in all his fullness. THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES The God-breathed Scriptures affirm that the
THE WOMB OF THE VIRGIN: GOD’S MOST HOLY PLACE Paid Members Public
In this article I will present more evidence in support of Mary’s perpetual virginity by showing how the Lord God made her womb the holy of holies for Christ to dwell in all his fullness. THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES The God-breathed Scriptures affirm that the
JESUS CHRIST: JOSEPH’S LEGAL HEIR Paid Members Public
In this post I will be responding to another Protestant objection against the perpetual virginity of the blessed Mother of our God Incarnate. It is claimed that if Joseph had children from a previous marriage, which would make them older than Christ, then Jesus could not have been Joseph’s
NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL Paid Members Public
DID MARY HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN? In their zeal against and hatred of Mary’s perpetual virginity, rabid anti-Catholic calvinists such as Anthony Rogers will cite Psalm 69:8 to prove that the blessed Mother of our Lord (Cf. Luke 1:43) had biological children after giving birth to Christ. This
FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY Paid Members Public
This post is courtesy of Perry Robinson of energetic procession: https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut-francis-turretin-on-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary/. The perpetual virginity of Mary often comes up in Protestant and Catholic arguments. When I was Reformed, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t think it ought to be
TWO REMARKABLE PROPHECIES: THE SON OF GOD IS SLAIN Paid Members Public
In the Deutero-canonical writings, there is a remarkable prophecy of God’s righteous Son being hated and put to death by his enemies: “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law,
REFORMERS ON THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION Paid Members Public
Courtesy of William Albrecht. Jan Huss on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary “..and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.” Quoting Sirach 24 “Although the words of this epistle primarily relate to the uncreated Wisdom, they also secondarily relate