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Mary (Poem)

Mary (Poem) This article covers the life of Mary, (Mother of Jesus) as a poem. Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran. Mary Hannah, the grandmother of Jesus, the mother of Mary, the wife of Aaron, the mother-in-law of Zachariah, the daughter...

Giotto (1267–1337): Nativity with an uninvolved Joseph but without Salome

Virgin Birth Of Christ

Virgin Birth Of Christ This article covers the Virgin Birth Of Christ. The dogma which teaches that the Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ was a virgin before, during, and after the conception and birth of her Divine Son. The Virgin Birth in Catholic theology Councils and creeds The virginity of our Blessed Lady was defined under anathema in the third canon of the Lateran Council held in...

Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos

Mary: Her Conception And The Birth Of The Messiah

Mary: Her Conception And The Birth Of The Messiah This article covers Mary: Her Conception And The Birth Of The Messiah. WHY WE CHOSE MARY We are a small group of women of Turkish-Muslim and Catholic origins who became acquainted in the Spring of 2009 and immediately recognized our soulful...

Inside the Tomb of Mary: the stone bench on which the Virgin's body was laid out

Mary

Mary Maryam, or Mary, is the only woman mentioned by name in the Holy Qur’an. She is mentioned in twelve chapters of the Qur’an, a total of thirty-four times. But even more important than the number of times her name is used is the fact that she was mentioned in...

The Annunciation, by Fra Angelico

What Is The Annunciation?

What Is The Annunciation? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is The Annunciation?” The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1:26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary,...

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Blessed Virgin Mary

Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the chronological order of their respective sources, i.e. the Old Testament, the New Testament, the early Christian and Jewish witnesses. Mary prophesied in the Old Testament The Old Testament refers...

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John Calvin’s Views On Mary

John Calvin’s Views On Mary This article covers John Calvin’s Views On Mary in detail. John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation, and one of the most influential reformers. He was a central figure for the Reformed churches, whose theological system is sometimes called Calvinism....