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  1. I Will Put Enmities Between Thee And The Woman

    Most Blessed Are You Among Women

    I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. Genesis 3, 15 (DRB) When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud...
  2. I Know Not Man

    I Know Not Man

    A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring dried up, a fountain sealed. Song of Solomon 4, 12 Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall...
  3. The Lord Is With Thee

    The Lord Is With Thee

    “I AM WITH YOU and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you” (Gen 28:15) And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women...
  4. I Will Put Enmities Between Thee And The Woman

    Hail, Full Of Grace!

    One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her… Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? Song of Solomon 6, 9-1 “Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I...
  5. She Shall Crush Thy Head

    She Shall Crush Thy Head

    inimicitias ponam inter te et mulierem et sperm tuumet sperm illius ipsa conteret caput tuum et tu insidiaberis calcaneo eius God said to the serpent: ‘I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.’...
  6. I Will Put Enmities Between Thee And The Woman

    I Will Put Enmities Between Thee And The Woman

    I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. Genesis 3, 15 (DRB) And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    M- Bob, lifeless books (The Bible as we have it in the form of a book didn't exist until the late 4th century.) don't agree or disagree. Living people do. Christ is the living Word of God, and he reveals his truth to his one, holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church - "the pillar and foundation of the...
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    Why Mary?

    If Mary were nothing special, though God willed that she should collaborate with Him in His work of redemption, then what God wills with necessity isn't anything special. Could God have chosen another maiden instead of Mary? This question is non-sequitur, seeing that God did choose Mary. And...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    Jesus considered Mary to be more of a mother of his for her faith. If it hadn't been for her faith in charity and grace, Jesus would not have become her son, since the incarnation would not have happened. Eve chose death for mankind, whereas Mary chose life with God. The early Church perceived...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    But there was no single word used for "cousin" in ancient Hebrew/Aramaic. Bar-dud is a combination of two words, that being son + uncle to mean cousin. We have single words for son and uncle, but not for cousin. That's my point. Words or expressions signify concepts, but aren't concepts...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    :amen: J.A. :angel:
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    The Jews said the same thing to Ignatius of Antioch with respect to the Incarnation and the divinity of Christ: "You say that it is in the scriptures (OT), prove it!" If you were to begin by reading the OT before becoming acquainted with the Apostolic tradition of the Church and reading the NT...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    If in fact there is a pun, which may serve as one plausible explanation. Biblical exegesis deals with what is plausible, not with what is certain, so the best that can be done is arrive at the most plausible explanation. And that requires looking at things from different angles. Aramaic has...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    Why should the PVM be mentioned? The Nicene Creed is called Nicene because it was originally adopted in the city of Nicaea by the First Council of Nicaea in 325. The council's main purpose was to eradicate the Arian heresy and settle the doctrine of the Trinity – that God, Jesus and the Holy...
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    Did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin?

    We also have the statement “Behold your mother” (as in John 19) occurring in Matthew 12:47 and Mark 3:32. The theological theme in these two verses resembles that which we have in John 19:25-27. Both deal with what it means to be a “brethren of Jesus”. The crux of these passages is that the ties...