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The Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church in High Hill, Texas is a historic church built in 1906. [29] The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Lorain, Ohio was founded in 1898 to serve the Polish-American community. [30] Nativity of Mary Catholic Church and School is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and is part of the ...
The school was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary on April 14, 1956, with Reverend John J. Nugent serving as the founding principal. The Feast of the Nativity, or birthday, of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8. The class of 1959 was the first class to go through an entire four years at Nativity.
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.
Gospel of Mary. Nag Hammadi Studies. Vol. XI. Leiden: E J Brill. De Boer, Esther A (2004). The Gospel of Mary: Beyond a Gnostic and a Biblical Mary Magdalene. London: Continuum. ISBN 9780567082640. De Boer, Esther A (2006) [2005]. The Gospel of Mary Listening to the Beloved Disciple. London: Continuum. ISBN 9780826480019. King, Karen L (2003).
In Roman Catholic teachings, the veneration of Mary is a natural consequence of Christology: Jesus and Mary are son and mother, redeemer and redeemed. [9] This sentiment was expressed by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Redemptoris mater: "At the centre of this mystery, in the midst of this wonderment of faith, stands Mary.
La Navidad (The Nativity), a settlement founded in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, in present-day Haiti; Natal chart or nativity, the horoscope at or of the time of one's birth; Nativity BVM High School, a Catholic high school in Pottsville, Pennsylvania; Nativity High School (Detroit, Michigan), former high school in Detroit, Michigan
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
Luke introduces Mary as a virgin, describes her puzzlement at being told she will bear a child despite her lack of sexual experience, and informs the reader that this pregnancy is to be effected through God's Holy Spirit. [17] There is a serious debate as to whether Luke's nativity story is an original part of his gospel. [18]