It does leave one question. Could the names of Mary’s parents, so widely accepted in Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy, be authentic? It is possible, but very unlikely. The Protoevangelium has turned Mary into the daughter of a wealthy
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“We are at a critical point in the life of the North American church; the Christian community must rethink our efforts to make disciples. Many of the assumptions on which we have built our work with young people are rooted in modern, mechanistic, and mass production paradigms. Some (though not all) ministries have taken cues from the assembly line, doing everything possible to streamline the manufacture of shiny new Jesus-followers, fresh from the factory floor. But disciples cannot be mass-produced.[3] Disciples are handmade, one relationship at a time.”
― You Lost Me
― You Lost Me

Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more
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