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The Description, "Blessed Among Women," in the Angelic Address
Reading through the writing of one of the Latin speaking fathers, I encountered a point that I had not previously considered in terms of the testimony of the Scripture regarding Mary, the mother of my Lord. If I recall correctly, the author was considering the question of why does Paul say, “made of a woman,”…
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Hippolytus on the Woman of Revelation of 12
Hippolytus of Rome (d. 235), On Christ and Antichrist, Sections 61-62, states: 60. Now, concerning the tribulation of the persecution which is to fall upon the Church from the adversary, John also speaks thus: And I saw a great and wondrous sign in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her…
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There's Something about … Luigi Gambero
Luigi Gambero is one of the leading Mariologists of our time. His book, “Mary and the Fathers of the Church,” (Ignatius Press, 1999 based on the Italian original of 1991) is one of the more exhaustive treatments of the subject that one can find from a Roman Catholic perspective. Sorry to my younger readers for…