that depends on which Christian cult you belong to. She is everything from a divine saint to an earthly mother. I even read of a religion once that had her dying as a prostitute with 9 children.
At some point after Jesus' birth, Joseph & Mary began having children together.
Thus, Mary did not remain a virgin . . .
"Learning From Jesus' Human Family"
- Joseph--A Righteous Man
- Mary--An Unselfish Servant of God
- Jesus' Brothers---Change Is Possible!
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20031215/article_02.htm
She eventually became one of Jesus' early disciples, and part of 'the little flock'.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20060315/article_01.htm
The virgin Mary was not the mother of God, she was the mother of Jesus The Christ, God only begotten son. God has no father nor mother nor beginning nor ending, After Jesus was born then & then only did Mary give herself over to her husband Joseph & they had children of their own. Therefore Mary was not a virgin anymore after Jesus was born, Today she is in heaven just as all the True Christians are awaiting the resurrection.
The Lord Jesus was born among men on Earth through Mary and as Son of God He was aware of his past life (knowledge of good and evil), this fact can be seen in John 2:4. The only commandment of Mary is recorded in John 2:5.
? John 2:4 ? And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
? John 2:5 ? His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
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Original Christians ( Including All)
Mary's parents are Hannah and Joachim ( Mary was not an Immaculate Conceptions. as RCS believe NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE.
Mary was the Theo ( God ) Tokos ( Bearer ) as True Christians believe John .1.1.) Father / Son/ Holy
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Virgin Mary .. The God Bearer ( John 1.1) Of Mary and Holy Spirit.
And a Virgin shall bear a Child .
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
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Stutus of Mary in Christianity
Christians believe Mary bore Christ on Earth ( as a Virgin)
The Virgin Mary is the Theotokos, the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son and Word of God. She conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. She was cared for by her betrothed husband, Joseph, who took the child and his mother into his home as his own. One very strong tradition in the Orthodox Church holds that the birth of Jesus was also miraculous and left Mary's virginity intact as a sign; it is also the tradition of the Church that Joseph and Mary did not have relations after the birth of Jesus. She is also called Panagia, the "All-Holy," indicating her closeness to God in her obedience.
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Dormination of The Theotokos ( Mary the Theotokos.
The Dormition of the Theotokos (Greek: ???????? ????????, Ko?m?sis, often anglicized as Kimisis) is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which commemorates the "falling asleep" or death of the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus; literally translated as God-bearer), and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven. It is celebrated on August 15 (August 28, N.S. for those following the Julian Calendar) as the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Dormition not on a fixed date, but on the Sunday nearest August 15.
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Mary is help in High Esteem By the First Christians ( Orthodox Katholikos) and by all Chrstians. We
We believe she was fully human . and Holy. She gave Birth to Jesus Christ and We Honour Her as a
the Holy Virgin Mary ( who gave birth through the Holy Spirit to Jesus Christ . The Son of God) She is
Held in the Highest Esteem by Orthodox Christians and by all Chrsitian. We Orthodox Katholikos First Chsitians believe she died ( as All do ) . and we honour her .
Muslims respect and revere Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him), and await his Second Coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God?s messengers to mankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as ?Jesus?, but always adds the phrase ?upon him be peace?. The Quran confirms his virgin birth (an entire chapter in the Quran is entitled ?Mary?), and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Quran describes the Annunciation as follows:
??Behold!? the Angel said, ?O, Mary, indeed God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of the worlds. O Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and shall be of the righteous.? She said: ?O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?? He said: ?Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, He says to it, ?Be!? and it is.??(The Final Testament, i.e. Quran, 3:42-47)
Jesus was born miraculously through the same power which had brought Adam into being without a father: ?Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, ?Be!? and he was. (The Glorious Quran, 3:49)
God is not Jesus. Even Jesus himself rejects this. God said in the Quran:
?Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said, ?God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.? The Messiah (Jesus) said, ?Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord. Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him?(The Noble Quran-5:72)
About the coming of the last prophet Muhammad, The Holy Quran states in 61:6 that Jesus explicitly mentioned the name Ahmad: ?And (remember) when Jesus Son of Mary said: ?O, children of Israel! I am the Apostle of Allah(sent ) to you confirming the Torah (which came) before me, and give glad tidings of an Apostle to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad(i.e. the second name of Prophet Muhammad, and literally it means the one who praises Allah more than others).?
Jesus had mentioned in John 16:14 that ?He shall glorify me?.
1.?He shall glorify me? (John 16:14). Actually the Holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad[Peace be upon him] have more reverence for Jesus[Peace be upon Him] than the Bible and Christians themselves. The following will clarify:
a.To believe in his death on the cross discredits his prophet hood according to Deuteronomy 13:5: ?And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death?? It also stamps him as accursed (May God forbid!) according to Deuteronomy 21:22-23: ??for he that is hanged is accursed of God??
b.Matthew 27:46: ??My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?? Could this not come from someone other than Jesus? Even a Non-Prophet would smile at agony as he knew that his death would win him a title of martyr. Was this not an insult to Jesus in not having faith in God?
c.Muslims cannot believe that Jesus could label the Gentiles as dogs and swine and address his mother with Woman, as the Holy Quran states in Surah 19:32: ?And dutiful to my Mother[i.e. Mary], and (Allah) made me not an unblessed and arrogant.? Matthew 7:6: ?Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine?? John 2:4: ?Jesus saith unto her(Mary), Woman , what have I to do with thee??
Was Jesus Crucified?
Muslims say that Jesus was not crucified because in the Quran , it says in Chapter 4:157 that Jesus wasn?t crucified: ?And their(Jews) boasting: ?We killed Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the Apostle of Allah,? but they(Jews) killed him not , nor crucified him?and they did not kill him,for certain- rather God raised him to Himself.?. This is in accordance with what Jesus said (Matthew 10:24): ?The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.?
Suffering is often exaggerated in the Bible and termed ?dead? as Paul said (I Corinthians 15:31): ?I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ, I die daily? (i.e. I suffer daily). Here are some of the proofs:
1-On the cross he beseeched God for help (Matthew 27:46): ?My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?? And in Luke 22:42: ?Saying, Father if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.?(This cup is the cup of death.)
2-Jesus? prayer not to die on the cross was accepted by God, according to Luke, Hebrews and James. Then how could he still die on the cross?(Luke 22:43): ?And there appeared an angel assured unto him from heaven, strengthening him.? It means that an angel assured him that God would not leave him helpless. (Hebrew 5:7)
The Virgin Mary is the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to the 4Th century Nicene Creed, Jesus "came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man".
She is the highest example of willingness to follow God's will, and most Christians -- that is, the followers of the ancient Christian churches -- believe that, with the other saints, she is in heaven praying for us. The bond of love between Christians is not broken by death, and we believe that those Christians who have died can and do pray for us in heaven.
The Virgin Mary is *not* considered divine by any of the ancient Christian churches -- Catholic/Eastern Orthodox/Oriental Orthodox . Some Protestants *think that the ancient churches consider her divine, but those Protestants are incorrect.
Mary remained a virgin her entire life. The "brothers and sisters" of Jesus mentioned in the gospels are children of Joseph from an earlier marriage. These are never called children of Mary.
The ancient Christian churches commemorate the birth of Mary on Sept 8 [1]
What is the status of Virgin Mary in the Christianity?
