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Biblical studies on Mary’s life, role, and significance in salvation history.

REFORMERS ON THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

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 to the glorious Virgin

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ANCIENT WITNESSES TO MARY’S ASSUMPTION Members Public

Courtesy of William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. Ephrem the Syrian “I am about to enter into His living Paradise, and in the place in which Eve succumbed, I shall glorify Him. For of all created women, He was most pleased with me, and He willed that I should be

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ANCIENT COMMENTARIES ON REVELATION 12 Members Public

Courtesy of William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. Testament of Joseph, Chapter II 72 And hear ye, my children, also the vision which I saw. 73 There were twelve harts feeding: and the nine were first dispersed over all the earth, and likewise also the three. 74 And I saw

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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LUTHER’S PRAISE OF MARY Members Public

The following citation is taken from William Cole’s article, “Was Luther a Devotee of Mary?,” found in Marian Studies, Volume XXI, 1970, p. 131: In a Christmas sermon of 1531, Luther speaks of Mary as the “HIGHEST WOMAN AND THE NOBLEST GEM in Christianity after Christ.” He goes on

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE WOMAN OF REVELATION 12: MARY OR ANOTHER? Members Public

These are my notes for my session on Mary being the Woman of Revelation 12. REVELATION 12:1-17 Here’s the vision of that glorious Woman which the Spirit enabled John to see: “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under

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Sam Shamoun
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CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA VERSUS CALVINISTS Members Public

In this segment I will show how this renowned Bishop of Alexandria affirmed doctrines which directly contradict the beliefs of Calvinists, since Cyril taught the perpetual virginity of the blessed Mother, water baptismal regeneration, and that the eucharist is the body and blood of Christ. All emphasis will be mine.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I left off: NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1. CHRIST’S EARTHLY GLORY Powers misquotes Philippians 2:5-8 to erroneously suggest that Christ had set aside his glory, thereby showing that he doesn’t understand the text nor does he comprehend that there are

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Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1 Members Public

In these posts I will be addressing specific points that Kelly Powers makes against the honor and blessing our risen Lord has bestowed on his pure and beloved Mother. MESITES AND COVENANTS Powers makes the egregious assertion that the Greek term for mediator, mesites, refers to a mediator who makes

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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