Category: The Church Fathers
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Marian Fathers: Mother of God
But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son,born of a woman, born under the law,Galatians 4, 4 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.Colossians 2, 9 St. Ignatius of Antioch (c A.D. 110)To the Ephesians, 7 “There is one Physician who is possessed both of flesh and…
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Marian Fathers: The Perpetual Virginity of Mary
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse;a spring dried up, a fountain sealed.Song of Solomon 4, 12 Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus… But Mary asked…
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Marian Fathers: The Immaculate Conception
Fear not, for I have redeemed you.I have called you by name, you are mine.Isaiah 43, 1 And the angel being come in, said unto her:Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee:blessed art thou among women.Luke 1, 28 {DRB} Gregory Thaumaturgus (A.D. 262)On the Holy Mother of God “Holy and wise in all…
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Marian Fathers: The Assumption of Mary
My beloved spoke and said to me,“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,come with me.See! The winter is past;the rains are over and gone.”Song of Solomon 2, 10-11 Epiphanius of Salamis (A.D. 377)Panarion 78.23 “If the Holy Virgin had died and was buried, her falling asleep would have been surrounded with honor, death would have found…
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Marian Fathers: New Ark of the Covenant
And David was afraid of the Lord that day,saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?2 Samuel 6, 9 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul,looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord:and she…
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Marian Fathers: New Eve
I will put enmities between thee and the woman,and thy seed and her seed:she shall crush thy head,and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.Genesis 3, 15 (DRB) And the angel being come in, said unto her:Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee:Blessed art thou among women.Luke 1, 28 {DRB} When Elizabeth…
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Marian Fathers: Mediatrix of Grace
And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him:They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what isthat to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. His mother saithto the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.John 2, 3-5 Irenaeus of Lyons (A.D. 180-189)Against Heresies, V:19,1…
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Marian Fathers: Queen of Heaven
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among theclans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler overIsrael, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Therefore,Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor bearsa son, and the rest of his brothers…
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