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The Two Marys: The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus. USA: Dutton Adult. ISBN 978-0525950431. Bruce, Bryan (January 1, 2010). Jesus: The Cold Case : Reinvestigating the Death of the Most Famous Person in History. New Zealand: Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-1869791971. Carotta, Francesco (August 31, 2003). Jesus Was Caesar.
Rhoda (whose name means "rose" [1]) was a girl (Biblical Greek: παιδίσκη) living in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. Many biblical translations state that she was a 'maid' or 'servant girl'. After Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to the house and knocked on the door.
The idea that prior to his public ministry, Jesus traveled to Kashmir, India, to study at a Tibetan monastery was first suggested by Nicolas Notovitch, in his 1894 hoax The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. Various references to literature in both the New Testament and the broader Christian apocryphal canon are made.
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.
Mary is not seen as an intercessor between humankind and Jesus, and Latter Day Saints do not pray to Mary. [2] The Book of Mormon, part of the Latter Day Saint canon of scripture, refers to Mary by name in prophecies of her mission, [3] and describes her as "most beautiful and fair above all other virgins" [4] and as a "precious and chosen ...
The forefathers of the early church looked to Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-5: "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption", and related this to the woman spoken of in the Protoevangelium of Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your ...
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. From Matthew 12:46–50: While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and
Stained glass window of Jesus leaving his mother, in a Lutheran church in South Carolina. Protestants in general reject the veneration and invocation of the Saints. [19]: 1174 They share the belief that Mary is the mother of Jesus and "blessed among women" (Luke 1:42) [173] but they