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Biblical studies on Mary’s life, role, and significance in salvation history.
The Relatives of the Lord Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing extracts from Eusebius’ monumental work , written in the first quarter of the fourth century AD. I will be focusing primarily on what he says in respect to the relatives of our Lord, where the historian relies heavily on the five-volume work of
Mary, Ark, Heavenly Queen & Rev. 12 Paid Members Public
The following quotes are taken from Peter S. Williamson’s commentary, Revelation (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture), published by Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, MI 2015. The result of this extraordinary vindication is that great fear falls upon those who witness it, like the fear that fell on the Egyptians (Ps
Epiphanius, Trinity & Mary’s Virginity Paid Members Public
The extracts in this post are taken from the English rendering of The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide (Second, revised Edition), translated by Frank Williams [Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013], Volume 79, from the section titled “Against Antidicomarians 1 58, but 78 of the series”
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
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,