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marian doctrine

  1. BobRyan

    Historicity of Mary vs significant inference -- ie not in the Bible?

    Someone posted a quote like this on a similar thread recently - quoting Raymond Brown. Raymond E. Brown: " Some Roman Catholics may have expected me to include a discussion of the historicity of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary. But these Marian doctrines, which are not...
  2. J

    A Challenge to Protestants!

    It appears that some Protestants are attacking the OBOB Forum (I think it has something to do with something happening in the Denomination-Specific Theology sub-forum, since I've seen these same threads on that sub-forum) I'd like to point all Protestants who want to debate Catholic Doctrine...