Mary as the Early Christians Knew Her - Mathewes-Green, Frederica
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Mathewes-Green opens up "The Gospel of Mary" to see her early life, offering a window into her centrality to the Christian Faith in new and sometimes startling ways. Christians have alternatively raised the status of the mother of Jesus to that of her Son or ignored her entirely. Behind all of the images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. - How did the first Christians view her? - What were the commonly understood facts about the Blessed Mother's early life, before the Annunciation? - How did Mary, the mother of Jesus, become the Theotokos? This book gives some surprising insights.…mehr

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Mathewes-Green opens up "The Gospel of Mary" to see her early life, offering a window into her centrality to the Christian Faith in new and sometimes startling ways. Christians have alternatively raised the status of the mother of Jesus to that of her Son or ignored her entirely. Behind all of the images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. - How did the first Christians view her? - What were the commonly understood facts about the Blessed Mother's early life, before the Annunciation? - How did Mary, the mother of Jesus, become the Theotokos? This book gives some surprising insights.
Autorenporträt
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, First Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone, and the Wall Street Journal. She has been a radio and TV commentator, a columnist, book and movie reviewer, records a podcast for Ancient Faith Radio, and was a consultant for Veggie Tales. Frederica is a popular speaker and has been interviewed almost 700 times. She lives with her husband, the Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, in Baltimore, MD, where he is pastor and she is the "Khouria" of the parish they founded, Holy Cross Orthodox Church. Their three children are grown and married, and they have 13 grandchildren.