Mary: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The role of Mary in Christian theology is considered in Jaroslav Pelikan, Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture (1998); Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, Mary, Mother of God (2004); Miri Rubin, Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary (2010); Frederica Mathewes-Green, Mary As the Early Christians Knew Her: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts (2013); and Michael Hesemann, Mary of Nazareth: History, Archaeology, Legends (2016).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: ABC - Religion and Ethics - Mary, the Mother of God: What it means to believe in the virgin birth. | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Who Is the Virgin Mary? | Feb 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC - Religion and Ethics - Mary, the Mother of God: What it means to believe in the virgin birth. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Noted Vatican document rejecting the titles âmediatrixâ and âco-redemptrix.â | Nov 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BYU ScholarsArchive - Mary the Mother of Jesus (PDF). | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Mary, Mother of Jesus. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Media added | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Modernized language throughout. Added cross-references. | Nov 04, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 08, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Like a Virgin? The Controversial Account of Mary, Mother of Jesus. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Mary. | Nov 11, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Mary the Blessed Virgin. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Meet Mary: Mother of Jesus. | Feb 16, 2021 | ||
| Noted that there are numerous Marian feast days. | Dec 22, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 22, 2020 | ||
| Bibliography thoroughly revised. | Jan 31, 2018 | ||
| Added the paintings The Virgin Mary Reading by Antonello da Messina and Madonna and Child by Fra Filippo Lippi. | Jan 31, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Mother Mary. | Feb 25, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 07, 2012 | ||
| Added image of the sculpture Virgin and Child, also called the Poligny Virgin, attributed to Claus de Werve, 1420. | Dec 09, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Neptunium. | Sep 01, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Drought. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: EnvironmentalChemistry.com - Nickel. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Columbia University - Biography of Mary, Mother of Jesus. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Azores, Portugal. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Catholic Encyclopedia - Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. | Jan 23, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - The Blessed Virgin Mary. | Nov 03, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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