“And the angel said unto her, ‘Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God…’… Mary said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.’… Mary said, ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.'”
Lk. 1:30, 38, 46-47
“And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, ‘Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Lk. 2:34-35
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Subsections
Immaculate Conception
Virgin Birth
Perpetual Virginity
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Order of Contents
Latin 1
Mariolatry 2
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Latin Article
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – Of Mary the Mother of Christ in Syllabus of Theological Problems (Utrecht, 1643), pt. 1, section 2, tract 2 Abbr.
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On Mariolatry
See also On Saint Worship &
Only One Kind of Religious Worship; Dulia to Saints is Idolatrous.
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Article
1600’s
Turretin, Francis – 9. ‘Is it lawful to religiously worship images of God, the holy Trinity, Christ, the Virgin and other saints? We deny against the papists.’ in Institutes of Elenctic Theology, tr. George M. Giger, ed. James Dennison Jr. (1679–1685; P&R, 1994), vol. 2, 11th Topic
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Latin Article
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – 76. Appendix, ‘The Office, or Canonical Hours of Blessed Mary’ in Select Theological Disputations (Utrecht, 1659), vol. 3, pp. 1068-75
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“There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling Him. And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto Him, ‘Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.’ 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.'”
Mk. 3:31-35
“These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.”
Acts 1:14
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