5 things to know about Mary, the mother of Jesus
- Written by: Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Virgin Mary detail.Wikimedia CommonsMary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little about her. In the New Testament, there is nothing about her birth, death, appearance or age.
Outside of the accounts of the birth of Jesus that only...