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Sts. Mary & Joseph's house = Sts. Joachim & Anna's house?
Sts. Mary and Joseph's house = Sts. Joachim and Anna's house?
Is the House of Loreto (originally in Nazareth, but later miraculously transported to Loreto, Italy) Sts. Mary & Joseph's house or Sts....
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Did Sts. Joseph & Mary celebrate their nuptials?
The Bible states that Joseph and Mary still were in a state of betrothal when the couple went to Bethlehem.
Luke 2
4 And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to
Judea, to the ...
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Where did the Annunciation occur?
Where did the Annunciation occur?
Where did the Annunciation occur? In Sts. Joachim and Anna's home or in St. Joseph's home?
This question is impossible to answer. The historical evidence is not ...
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Did Sts. Joseph & Mary celebrate their nuptials?
Did Sts. Joseph & Mary celebrate their nuptials?
Of course Mary and Joseph celebrated their nuptials. Traditionally the Church has always accepted this fact. How it actually played out is lost to ...
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Did Sts. Joseph & Mary celebrate their nuptials?
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae III q. 29 a. 2 ad 3 interprets Mt. 1:20:
Fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife
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Fear not to solemnize your marriage with herne timeas nuptias eius ...
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Was Mary married at the time of the Annunciation?
She was a wife at the time of the Annunciation; Mt. 1:20: "fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife".
The Jews had two ceremonies:
Espousal, which is more than a mere engagement or future ...
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Where did the Annunciation occur?
It occurred in her father St. Joachim's house:
Matt 1:18 shows that she was not living with St. Joseph, so she had to have been in Sts. Joachim & Anna's home (unless those two homes are the same):
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Is the statement "I am the Immaculate Conception" pertaining to a Divine Person?
The 'Immaculate Conception' can only be referencing two; Jesus and Holy Virgin Mother Mary, but since Jesus has never been addressed as such, or no mention of it directly in the Gospel, it would have ...
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In Catholic atonement theology, if God can save Mary from all sin without Christ, what was the point of Christ's death?
Christ died and rose. By dying, he accepted the penalty of sin on the whole human race. By rising, he opened heaven and freed the dead. What I've been taught by my pastor is that he had to be born of ...
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In Catholic atonement theology, if God can save Mary from all sin without Christ, what was the point of Christ's death?
In Catholic atonement theology, if God can save Mary from all sin without Christ, what was the point of Christ's death?
It is held to be true, according to the Catholic Church, that Mary was ...
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In Catholic atonement theology, if God can save Mary from all sin without Christ, what was the point of Christ's death?
The title of the question suggests that you think God saved Mary from all sin without Christ. This is not the Catholic view. Here is the crucial passage from the papal decree, Ineffabilis Deus, ...
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In Catholic atonement theology, if God can save Mary from all sin without Christ, what was the point of Christ's death?
The point of Christ's death was that God ordained from eternity to will the salvation of the world consequent upon the willing sacrifice of Christ. Indeed, Mariologists would hold that this same ...
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