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Revision: 53
Title: Mary
Author: NB.Mick
Date: 2013 Sep 9 at 09:50

Mary

Type: Person

Alternate Labels

  • Mariology
  • Blessed Virgin
  • Mother of Jesus
  • Mother of God
  • Theotokos
  • Our Lady
  • Madonna
  • Queen of Heaven

Reading List

Mary, mother of Jesus (Theotokos)

Key Passages

  • Luke’s gospel mentions Mary most often, identifying her by name twelve times, all of these in the infancy narrative: Lk 1:27,30,34,38,39,41,46,56; 2:5,16,19,34
  • Matthew’s gospel mentions her by name five times, four of these in the infancy narrative (Mt 1:16,18,20; 2:11) plus Mt 13:55
  • Mark’s gospel names her only once (Mk 6:3) and mentions her as Jesus’ mother without naming her in Mk 3:31
  • John’s gospel refers to her twice as Jesus’ mother: at the wedding at Cana (Jn 2:1-12) and standing near the cross (Jn 19:25-26)
  • In the Book of Acts, Mary is among those gathered in the upper room after the ascension (Acts 1:14)
  • In the Book of Revelation, some interpreters identify Mary as the “woman clothed with the sun” in Rev 12:1, 5-6

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Orthodox sources

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Historical Studies

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Revision: 54
Title: Topics of Interest for Wives, Moms, and Women in General
Author: Ben Carr
Date: 2013 Sep 25 at 23:24

Topics of Interest for Wives, Moms, and Women in General

Articles on Biblical Themes

Mother, Motherhood | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Birth | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Child, Children | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Baby | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Woman, Images of | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Wife | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Love Story | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Family | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Home, House | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Marriage | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Sex | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Domineering Mother, Wife | Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Chapters in Selected Books

Page 93 | Marriage Lived for the Glory of God, Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood

Page 32 | True Beauty, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 47 | Daddy’s Girl, Knowing God as Father, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 64 | Portrait of a Woman Used by God, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 82 | Portrait of a Foolish Woman, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 114 | A Wife’s Responsibility to Help Her Husband, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 131 | Liberated Through Submissions, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 161 | Nurturing Mothers, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 146 | How to Raise Feminine Daughters, Biblical Womanhood in the Home

Page 60 | Legal Concerns If I Choose to Adopt, Basic Questions on Sexuality and Reproductive Technology



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