Mary as the Early Christians Knew Her: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts Home and Gifts Stephen Martin has crafted five

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Mary as the Early Christians Knew Her: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts Home and Gifts Stephen Martin has crafted fiveMathewes 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