Tag: mary

  • “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…

  • Three Ways Knowing Greek Supports Catholicism

    Three Ways Knowing Greek Supports Catholicism

    St. John Henry Newman is famous for saying “To know history is to cease to be Protestant”. Needless to say many Protestants take offense to it and many often reply with the retort, “To know the Bible is to cease to be Catholic”. I want to offer a bit of pushback to the Protestant rejoinder…