num_pages: 352
description: From the cross Jesus gave us his mother to be our mother a singularly holy model consoler and intercessor for our spiritual journey. Yet most Protestantsand too many Catholicsdont understand the role that God wants her to play in our lives.In Behold Your Mother Tim Staples takes you through the Churchs teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary showing their firm Scriptural and historical roots and dismantling the objections of those who mistakenly believe that Mary competes for the attention due Christ alone.Combining the best recent scholarship with a converts in-depth knowledge of the arguments Staples has assembled the most thorough and useful Marian apologetic youll find anywhere.He also shows how all the Marian doctrines are relevanteven essentialto a salvific faith in Jesus. From her divine maternity to her perpetual virginity from her Immaculate Conception to her Assumption the Churchs core teachings about Mary are intertwined with the mysteries of Christ. In a word Mary matters.Read Behold Your Mother and find out just how much.
language: English
title: Behold Your Mother - A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
publisher: Catholic Answers Press