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

PROTESTANT SCHOLAR ON MARY’S VIRGINITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE VIRGIN’S WOMB: GOD’S MOST HOLY PLACE 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE WOMB OF THE VIRGIN: GOD’S MOST HOLY PLACE 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
marycatholicismtheology

JEWISH PRECURSORS TO THE TRINITY, EUCHARIST & MARY 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS CHRIST: JOSEPH’S LEGAL HEIR 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS IN ISLAMIC TRADITION 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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