mary
Biblical studies on Mary’s life, role, and significance in salvation history.
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
JEWISH PRECURSORS TO THE TRINITY, EUCHARIST & MARY Paid Members Public
In this post I will provide some extra-biblical Jewish support which demonstrates that there were certain Jews who were aware of a second divine Power existing alongside of God. I will further highlight that these Jews even believed in a female spirit creature who is dead to God loved and
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
JESUS IN ISLAMIC TRADITION Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote specific Muslim expositors in regards to particular Quranic texts concerning ‘Isa and Maryam, Islam’s counterfeit Jesus and Mary. All emphasis will be mine. AL-QURTUBI The following citations are taken fromTafsir al-Qurtubi, translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley, published by Diwan Press, 2019. Isrā‘īl
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