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Biblical studies on Mary’s life, role, and significance in salvation history.
Machen on the Virgin Birth Paid Members Public
The following has been uploaded from this site: Dr. J. Gresham Machen – The Virgin Birth. THE BIBLE TO-DAY, 19.3 (December, 1924): 75-79. The Virgin Birth By J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis in Princeton Theological Seminary Part 1 of an address delivered
LUTHER ON MARY’S SINLESSNESS Paid Members Public
The following citation is from Luther’s On the Conception of the Mother of God, AD 1527: “The conception, namely the infusion of the soul, is believed to have taken place gently and blessedly, without original sin coming upon her; so that in the infusion of the soul she was
LUTHER ON MARY BIRTHING JESUS Paid Members Public
The following is excerpted from this post: Luther on Luke 2 – Saint John’s Lutheran Church. Then there are some who express opinions concerning how this birth took place, claiming Mary was delivered of her child while she was praying, in great joy, before she became aware of it, without
JOSEPH THE FATHER OF MARY? Paid Members Public
The English translations of the Greek version of Matthew 1:16 refer to Joseph as the son of Jacob and the husband of Mary: “And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband (andra) of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.” Matthew 1:16 Legacy Standard
LUTHER & MARY’S VIRGINITY REVISITED Paid Members Public
The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is from a letter that Martin Luther wrote in the final years of his life, and provides further confirmation that this leading reformer held to the perpetual virginity of Mary. Luther even claims that this doctrine is based on inspired Scripture,
ARIANS AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Paid Members Public
The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is a reference from a semi-Arian writer from the 4th century who refutes an Arian heretic named Eunomius for denying Mary’s perpetual virginity. This shows that the attack on the perpetual virginity essentially stemmed Arian heretics, individuals who denied the
A MESSIANIC SCHOLAR ON JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Messianic Jewish scholar and translator Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992. All emphasis mine. 20 Adonai, literally, “my lords”; but grammarians consider it the “plural of majesty”; so a slightly less literal translation
CATHOLIC SOURCES ON REV. 12 & THE ASSUMPTION Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite various Catholic authorities to illustrate the Catholic interpretation of Revelation, especially as it relates to the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. All emphasis will be mine. Verse 1 A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. By this woman, interpreters