Category: Mary

  • Bad Objections to Marian Apparitions

    Bad Objections to Marian Apparitions

    In their book The Cult of the Virgin: Catholic Mariology and the Apparitions of Mary, Elliot Miller and Kenneth Samples investigate the nature of Catholic devotion and in particular various Marian apparitions. The book is divided into two parts, the first looking at Catholic doctrine regarding Mary and the second looking at apparitions. In their…

  • “Into His Own”: The Marian Implications of Faith in John’s Gospel

    “Into His Own”: The Marian Implications of Faith in John’s Gospel

    I was struck recently when reading the Greek of John’s Gospel by a verse in chapter 19 when Jesus is on the cross. After telling the beloved disciple John “Behold your Mother”, the Gospel states that “From that time on, the disciple took her into his home”. The Greek phrase for “into his home” is…