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John the Baptist’s Bones?
A recent press report indicates that some human bones have been dated to the 1st century. The bones were found in a bone box. Oddly, the bone box also contained some animal bones, and these bones were about 400 years older than the human bones. Who knows whose bones these are. The article reports: The…
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Is Mary Greater than John the Baptist?
One difference I’ve noticed between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics is the latter’s greater emphasis on Mary and the former’s greater emphasis on John the Baptist. Sometimes it’s subtle, other times not so much. For example, Roman Catholicism does give Mary a greater amount of worship (i.e. religious reverence and devotion through religious ritual etc.)[FN1]…
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The Greatness of Jesus compared to John the Baptist – A Response to a Heckler
In response to my earlier Question for My Muslim Readers, one heckler (he was anonymous, so I do not wish to accuse of Islam of being associated with him) tried to provide a counter-argument: In Luke 7:28 Jesus say “For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a…