Mary (the mother of Jesus)
Use this tag for any questions about Mary the mother of Jesus, or church teachings or doctrines concerning her.
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Why was it necessary for Mary to be a virgin?
A lot of emphasis seems to be placed on the virginity of Mary. (For discussion on that, see this question)
Is there a theological reason why Jesus's birth had to be a virgin birth? Obviously God could have chosen a non-virgin to be the mother of…
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How do we know Mary was a virgin at the time of Jesus' conception?
Luke 1:26-26:
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
Many other…
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What is the support or arguments to indicate the age of the Virgin Mary?
On many occasions I have seen that the Virgin Mary is described as a 13 or 15 year old girl when she had Jesus Christ.
The main argument I have heard is based on the fact that in the culture of Israel girls were married as soon as they were 13 or 14…
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What does it mean that the Virgin was assumed "in body" in Heaven?
... the Pope explained that the text from the Revelation, which speaks of a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon at her feet and a garland of twelve stars upon her head, refers both to the Virgin and to the Church. In part, "the woman of the…
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Saints in Heaven?
I am very confused about the question of saints and if to pray to them and to The Blessed Virgin. My confusion is that as a Christian I believe that Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose again to heaven. I also believe in the second…
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Was Mary a Virgin?
The biblical passages mentioning that mary was a virgin seem to be add after the fact, and possibly based off a mistranslation.
What evidence is there that Mary, the alleged mother of Jesus, was a virgin?
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How may we reconcile the Blessed Virgin Mary's maturity with her age?
The Catholic Encyclopedia says:
[Based on] the age at which Hebrew maidens became marriageable, it is possible that Mary gave birth to her Son when she was about thirteen or fourteen years of age. No historical document tells us how old she…
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Is Jesus the seed of Abraham?
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ was the seed of Abraham. Doesn't modern knowledge of reproduction tell us that the seed comes from the female and not the male? If this is so then Mary was from the seed of Sarah. Then Mary's seed was conceived…
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