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  2. Questions sur les Miracles - Wikipedia

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    [4] Voltaire thought that the miracles of Jesus should be seen as moral lessons rather than real events. [5] Needham was in Geneva in 1765 when he ran across Voltaire's anonymously written pamphlets, which Voltaire began as responses to Protestant pastor David Claparède's 1765 pamphlet Considérations sur les miracles.

  3. Voltaire - Wikipedia

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    Some speculation surrounds Voltaire's date of birth, because he claimed he was born on 20 February 1694 as the illegitimate son of a nobleman, Guérin de Rochebrune or Roquebrune. [11] Two of his older brothers—Armand-François and Robert—died in infancy, and his surviving brother Armand and sister Marguerite-Catherine were nine and seven ...

  4. Perpetual virginity of Mary - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity has been challenged on the basis that the New Testament explicitly affirms her virginity only until the birth of Jesus [16] and mentions the brothers of Jesus, [17] [18] who may have been: (1) sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph; (2) sons of Joseph by a former marriage; or (3) sons of the ...

  5. Immaculate Conception - Wikipedia

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    Anne, the mother of Mary, first appears in the 2nd-century apocryphal Gospel of James.The author of the gospel borrowed from Greek tales of the childhood of heroes. For Jesus' grandmother the author drew on the more benign biblical story of Hannah—hence Anna—who conceived Samuel in her old age, thus reprising the miraculous birth of Jesus with a merely remarkable one for his mother. [14]

  6. Why is a movie about Mary of Nazareth causing controversy? - AOL

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    A new movie about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is sparking debate among viewers and religious scholars alike. ... At the time of Mary’s birth, Galilee was a region in ancient ...

  7. Mary, mother of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The Latter Day Saint movement's view affirms the virgin birth of Jesus [216] and Christ's divinity, but only as a separate being than God the Father. The Book of Mormon refers to Mary by name in prophecies and describes her as "most beautiful and fair above all other virgins" [217] and as a "precious and chosen vessel." [218] [219]

  8. Infancy gospels - Wikipedia

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    It is the oldest source to mention the virginity of Mary not only prior to, but during (and after) the birth of Jesus. [1] The ancient manuscripts that preserve the book have different titles, including "The Birth of Mary", "The Story of the Birth of Saint Mary, Mother of God", and "The Birth of Mary; The Revelation of James". [ 2 ]

  9. Mary (name) - Wikipedia

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    Mary is among the top 100 names for baby girls born in Ireland, [3] common among Christians and popular among Protestants specifically, owing to Queen Mary II.Mary was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007.