Mary after the Ressurection?

RubberDuckie17 · Apr 3, 2005

What was Mary, the mother of Jesus, doing, oh say, 20 years after Jesus' Ressurection?

Does anyone know where I could get some good information, books, internet sources, ect. about the life of Mary, particualarly from a Baptist point of view?

And any ideas on what she did with her life after Jesus resurrected?

thanks,
joyce

Gold Dragon · Apr 5, 2005

I don't think you'll hear much about Mary from the Baptist perspective.

The Catholics and Eastern Orthodox have a lot of legends about her life after the NT but none that can be verified by solid documentation.

Wikipedia : Mary, the Mother of Jesus
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According to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen years after Christ's Ascension, in either Jerusalem or Ephesus, she died while surrounded by the apostles. Later when the apostles opened her tomb, they found it empty and concluded that she had been bodily assumed into Heaven. ("Mary's Tomb" - a tomb in Jerusalem is attributed to Mary, but it was unknown until the 6th century.)
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Catholic Encyclopedia : Blessed Virgin Mary
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At the same time, it must be confessed that we do not possess any authentic documents bearing directly on Mary's post-Pentecostal life.

Place of her life, death, and burial

As to tradition, there is some testimony for Mary's temporary residence in or near Ephesus, but the evidence for her permanent home in Jerusalem is much stronger.

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Catholic Encyclopedia : The Feast of the Assumption
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The belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is founded on the apocryphal treatise De Obitu S. Dominae, bearing the name of St. John, which belongs however to the fourth or fifth century. It is also found in the book De Transitu Virginis, falsely ascribed to St. Melito of Sardis, and in a spurious letter attributed to St. Denis the Areopagite. If we consult genuine writings in the East, it is mentioned in the sermons of St. Andrew of Crete, St. John Damascene, St. Modestus of Jerusalem and others. In the West, St. Gregory of Tours (De gloria mart., I, iv) mentions it first. The sermons of St. Jerome and St. Augustine for this feast, however, are spurious. St. John of Damascus (P. G., I, 96) thus formulates the tradition of the Church of Jerusalem:

St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), made known to the Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria, who wished to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened, upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven.
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Archeryaddict · Apr 5, 2005

you may be able to find something about mary in years after Jesus ascention in the writings of Jocephus or another early historian

or you can ask her your self when you get home ;D

Gold Dragon · Apr 6, 2005

Originally posted by Archeryaddict:
you may be able to find something about mary in years after Jesus ascention in the writings of Jocephus or another early historian
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If you could, Catholics would be all over it like a pack of hungry wolves.

Even they admit there is no solid documentation for Mary's Post-Pentecostal life

Alcott · Apr 7, 2005

Maybe she negotiated a book deal with Luke. Either he interviewed her personally or someone closely associated with her told him of the circumstances of Jesus' birth, and the temple incident when He was 12; the things she "treasured in her heart." But that should have been 30 or more years after the resurrection, so she would have been around 75 or 80, which is quite a rarity of age for person in that era.

Dr. Bob · Apr 8, 2005

Mary lived with John who pastored in Ephesus (until about 88-91 CE when exiled to Patmos). She probably died there before his exile.

Crazy note: When I was there, the merchants showed how they put a special robe/habit on the Goddess Diana statues and sold them as Virgin Mary statues.

And yes, I bought one!! Now I have a 26-breast Diana and a Barbie-sized habit that makes her look like Mary. Amazing!

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