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Virgin Mary
Mary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the “Virgin Mary,”. She was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of Joachim and Ann. In the Catholic faith, her feast day is celebrated on September 8.
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How old was Mary the mother of Jesus when she became pregnant?
You mean Mary right?? ok...she lived to be,, well let's just say old enough!
Who was Mary according to the Catholic Church?
Mary is the Mother of God, Jesus Christ. She was conceived without Original Sin.
What city in did virgin Mary live in turkey?
Luke 1:26-27 "...the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary." No mention of Turkey.
his mothers name was maryam(in islam) and mary(in chritianity).
Bring it to church and ask the priest or deacon to bless it for you. He will be happy to do so by placing hands over the rosaries and making the sign of the cross over them and saying a simple prayer of blessing
What is the depiction of the virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus?
It is called the Pieta and was one of Michaelangelo's greatest sculptures.
How did God prepare Mary to be the Mother of Jesus and of the Church?
Catholics believe that Mary was born without sin (the Immaculate Conception), since Jesus would otherwise have inherited original sin from his mother. Against this, Luke 1:30 says the angel told Mary that she had found favour with God, implying that it was not pre-ordained (as the Immaculate Conception would imply) for Mary to be the mother of Jesus.
Who painted the oldest painting of the Virgin Mary?
There is a legend that says Saint Luke the Evangelist painted a portrait of the Virgin Mary.
No, Mary nor any of the saints can cure illnesses. However, they can intercede with God on the behalf of humans and ask him to cause a miracle cure.
Why does the Hail Mary proclaim Mary to be God's mother?
This is related to the Catholic belief that Jesus is God.
As no mention is made of the fall of Jerusalem in AD70 by Luke, either in his gospel or in his book of Acts, it is highly likely that he wrote both of these books before this time, probably around 50-60AD.
However, Luke did not write the 'Hail Mary'
The Catholic Hail Mary prayer is:
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Luke actually wrote the following:
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. [Luke 1: 28-31]
The Catholic 'Hail Mary', also known as the 'Angelus'includes Roman Catholic doctrine about Mary being the 'mother of God' who 'intercedes for sinners', but has absolutely no foundation in scripture. The Angelus probably originated with the 11th century monastic worship. The first written documentation stems from Italian Franciscan monk Sinigardi di Arezzo (died 1282). Franciscan monasteries in Italy document the use in 1263 and 1295. As for the actual origins of the Angelus, the Catholic Encyclopedia states that "The history of the Angelus is by no means easy to trace with confidence, and it is well to distinguish in this matter between what is certain and what is in some measure conjectural." In other words, no one knows who wrote it, but it certainly wasn't Luke.
What IS certain, however, is that as it is a man-made concept, and a concept that has no basis in scripture, the vast majority of non-Catholic Christians regard the Angelus as contrary to scripture, where God is seen as eternal and infinite, and a 'Mother of God' superfluous and elevating Mary almost to the point of being a goddess herself, and also her role as interceder as abhorrent to the Word of God, as scripture dictates that Jesus alone is our only mediator and advocate.
Why do we celebrate Mary's birthday?
487 What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ.
We celebrate her birth as that of the first of our race to achieve the perfection that God wants for each one of us, she is the perfect example of what Our Blessed Lord's saving grace can accomplish if we willing let Him.
As the Scriptures themselves tell us, not everything is written down, and the New Testament was not written until many years after Our Blessed Lord's assumption into heaven, nor formed, as we have it today, until centuries later. The Bible, specifically the New Testament, was written as a preaching tool, NOT as a compedium of Christian doctrine. No dogma may contradict Scripture, but it is not all contained in Scripture, that is a protestant heresy.
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Because the central or key character in the entire Bible is Jesus Christ - from the Creation in Genesis to the return establishing the Kingdom of God on Earth in Revelation. He is the God Family member who is putting God's Plan to re-create Himself in a family of sons and daughters in action. No other individual from Adam to the last person born of men is as vital as Jesus Christ. Indeed, the Scripture tells us numerous times that the only path of Salvation is through Him - our only intercessor. As Scripture was completed before the end of the 1st Century AD via John's last Book of Revelation, we read in Jude 3 of our common salvation via Jesus Christ alone as '...that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.'
Was Mary the mother of Jesus a Jew?
The Virgin Mary was a Jew from birth until the time that Jesus started his
public ministry. After that, she would be considered as a Christian.
Also, by the way ... Mary's husband Joseph, as well as Jesus himself, Peter,
Thomas, Judas, John, and the rest of his disciples, they all were Jews.
Why is the Immaculate Conception important?
The Immaculate Conception refers to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who was uniquely preserved from the stain original sin at her conception by a direct intervention of God. Theologians attribute this miracle as part of God's plan for the incarnation; it was only fitting that the Son of God would emerge and take his human nature from a pure vessel, that being a mother who was free from sin and its influence.
When was Mary declared a saint?
The Blessed Virgin Mary was a pre-congregational saint. In other words, she was declared a saint by popular acclaim of the very early Christian community long before the official canonization process was instituted in the 12th century.
Why was Mary chosen to be the mother of Jesus?
The Bible simply states that she had found favor with God.
There is a general theological and narrative trajectory in the Scriptures of God's preferential option for the least, the last, and the lost. In Genesis, the stories of Abraham (a wandering nomad...a nobody), Isaac (the second born of Abraham), Jacob (the second born of Isaac), and Joseph (11th of Jacob's sons) reveal a pattern that would have been quite unusual: it was usually the eldest son who received the primary portion of the inheritance, but in these stories the "least" become the greatest. The Old Testament presents a preferential option for the least and those without power as God's modus operandi when it comes to Israel, which, politically speaking, is generally much weaker than the surrounding nations. Consider the story of the Exodus, in which Israel is set free from mighty Egypt, and the accounts of the return from exile in Babylon and Assyria: through these God lifts up Israel, the least of all the nations, as the light for all the nations.
Fast forward to the Christian telling of the birth of Jesus. Quickly after the resurrection of Jesus, Christians, most of whom are Jews, see in their experience of Jesus' death at the hands of Rome a fulfillment of Israel's story. Jesus, a lowly carpenter, is made to triumph over Rome and even death itself by the power of God. Christians came to view Jesus as the ultimate sign that God would bring justice to the poor and oppressed and they identified in his life and teaching the fulfillment of God's promises.
The earliest narratives of Jesus are written in such a way that they highlight this theme of God's preference for the least (see Luke 4:18-19). There is a strong contrast painted by all four gospel writers (Matthew and Luke, in particular) between real power and authority (God's) and the prevailing power and authority of the day (Rome). So, when it comes to the birth of the Savior of the world, the logical vessel of this salvation would be a mighty ruler, a king, or a rich person. But, not so for God. God chooses to work through one of the lowliest people imaginable...an umarried peasant girl from a little off-the-map town in a province that the most powerful empire in the world looked on with great scorn (to further underscore this theme, Luke tells that Jesus was born in a stable and was countenanced by shepherds and foreigners). That's why God chose Mary to bear Jesus. The good news (gospel) and the narrative unity of the story of the people of God would lose its integrity if Jesus had been born as a rich guy.
When did Our Lady of Guadalupe appear?
Catholic Answer Our Lady of Guadalupe is another name for the Blessed Virgin Mary. We do not know if she died or not. We only know that when she ended her life on earth she was assumed into heaven. In the East they refer to this as the Dormition (the falling asleep) as Our Blessed Lady was conceived without sin, and was never affected by Original Sin, most people do not feel they should suffered from the result of Original Sin: Death.
When did Mary agree to be Jesus' mother?
Mary was probably chosen to be the mother of Jesus long before she was even conceived. The decision was confirmed at the Annunciation when Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary that she had been chosen by God to be the human mother of His son and Mary replied, "Let it be done unto me according to thy word." The event is commemorated each year on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. The date of the actual event is unknown.
Was the Virgin Mary conceived with sin?
Those who preach the immaculate conception of Mary say that it really means she was born free of the stain of original sin. The thought was that Jesus would have inherited a sinful nature from Mary had she been a sinner. But if God was capable of protecting Mary from sin, he would surely have been able to protect Jesus from sin in the same way. Thus, from a Protestant point of view, a circular argument.
The Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception was unknown in the early years of the Church, but arose in the Middle Ages. The doctrine was endorsed by the Council of Basel (1431-1449), and by the end of the 15th century was widely professed and taught in many theological faculties. However, the Council of Basel was later held not to have been a true General Council with authority to proclaim dogma. Pope Pius IX formally defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception ex cathedra in 1854, stressing that Mary's sinlessness was not due to her own merits, but by the merits of her son, Jesus.
So, whether or not Mary was conceived without sin is a matter of faith, a faith held by members of the Roman Catholic Church.
No, Mary was not conceived without sin. In the Bible, only male offspring can be the product of God assisted pregnancy, never female.
All women (and men) are born with sin because of what Eve (and Adam) did in the Garden. Mary was born with sin.
How did the son of God became incarnate in the womb of the Virgin Mary?
The miracle of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ has perplexed many people, and actually has kept them from accepting the truth of Christianity. However, the Bible declares that God decided His Son would have a miraculous entrance into humanity.
Seven hundred years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Isaiah said, "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14, NASB). The New Testament records the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy.
Did Joseph marry another woman besides the Virgin Mary?
The Catholic Church has always had difficulty with the gospel mention of the brothers and sisters of Jesus, because the Church not only wanted Mary to be a virgin at the time of Jesus' birth, but remain a virgin throughout her life. One solution was to decide that they were not his brothers and sisters at all: they were cousins. This defies the gospel text, so another solution was to decide that they were only half-brothers, and that Joseph had previously been married.
There are problems with the notion that the brothers and sisters were from a previous marriage. One is that in the Lucan version of the nativity, Joseph would surely have brought the young children to Bethlehem for the census, but there is no evidence of that in the gospel. Nor does Matthew mention the young children fleeing to Egypt or returning with Joseph and Mary after the death of Herod. This suggests that the brothers and sisters were not yet born.
The gospels say Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod, and Matthew implies that he was born quite some time before Herod died (April 4 BCE). Since Jesus had several brothers and sisters, we can estimate that John would have been born well before 10 BCE if he was the first-born of a previous wife of Joseph. Paul mentioned meeting James, and the meeting is traditionally placed in the 50s CE. On the hypothesis of a previous marriage, John would have been in his late sixties or seventies, yet Paul gives no hint that John was (by ancient standards) an elderly man.
The Bible does not tell us that Joseph had a previous wife and the case for this is weak. We should assume that Joseph had no other wife than Mary.
