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1 day ago · Another contains the “Infancy Gospel of James,” a non-canonical story about the life of Mary, Jesus’ mother. The discoveries at Dishna provide evidence that these writings, though unfamiliar to modern readers of the Bible, spent centuries on the periphery of Christian scripture. The Dishna Papers included a few additional literary texts.
3 days ago · Another contains the “Infancy Gospel of James,” a noncanonical story about the life of Mary, Jesus' mother. The discoveries at Dishna provide evidence that these writings, though unfamiliar to modern readers of the Bible, spent centuries on the periphery of Christian Scripture. The Dishna Papers included a few additional literary texts.
4 days ago · The biblical text of Luke 1:39–56 tells the story: In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. When ...
4 days ago · 4. In John 19:25, where does it say that Mary Magdalene was, when Jesus was on the Cross? John 10:25 says, "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."
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3 days ago · The Gospel of Matthew does give a genealogy for Jesus by his father's paternal line, only identifying Mary as the wife of Joseph. John 19:25 states that Mary had a sister; semantically it is unclear if this sister is the same as Mary of Clopas, or if she is left unnamed. Jerome identifies Mary of Clopas as the sister of Mary, mother of Jesus.
4 days ago · The Blessed Virgin is shown a book — presumably the Bible — at the moment of the Spirit’s descent, indicating his role in “guiding them to all truth” (John 16:12-15). The Spirit’s role is to “testify” to Jesus (John 15:26), a role that will also devolve upon his disciples (v. 27).
3 days ago · There are several prayers to Mary, Undoer of Knots, including a novena and Pope Francis’ prayer. Pope Francis came to love this devotion after seeing it while studying in Germany in the 1980s. Mary, Undoer of Knots’ Patronage. One can turn to the Blessed Mother for any “knot,” because “Mary’s faith unties the knot of sin.”
