Christology creates a logical problem: if Jesus is divine, Mary’s birth and Jesus’s death become incoherent; if Jesus is human, the sacrifice makes more sense.
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Christology creates a logical problem: if Jesus is divine, Mary’s birth and Jesus’s death become incoherent; if Jesus is human, the sacrifice makes more sense.
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Jiang argues that Dante restructures Christian theology by placing Mary, not Jesus, at the center, because a mortal woman giving birth to God becomes the deeper miracle.
Jiang reads Mary as proof that love can cleanse sin: a mother's love gives human nature enough nobility to give birth to God.
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"...is that Jesus is in heaven, then he comes to Earth. Mary gives birth to Jesus. Then Jesus preaches his message, the Gospel. Then..."
"...human in the world. Okay, does that make sense? So yes, Mary gave birth to Jesus, but she gave birth to the human Jesus..."
"...here is the host, okay? And at the very center is Mary. What is amazing about divine harmony is how Dante restructures Christian theology...."
"So he's trying to channel Mary's energy to empower Dante. And not only is Bernard doing this, but everyone, the entire Heaven, is praying..."
"...of redeeming ourselves from our sin, then how do we explain Mary? Right? Mary gave birth to Jesus. If Mary had sin, then God..."
"...plan. Alright, now you're like, this is all very crazy, and Mary, maybe Karen Howie is just a crazy person, but there's another reporter,..."
"...them to heaven, including people like Abraham, Isaac, his father Joseph, Mary, okay? David. These people who are in the Bible and who are..."
"...were Muslims, whereas the Muslim world actually venerates Jesus, the Mother Mary, as the opposite of what the Jewish culture does. Yes. And would..."
"...heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. And he was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,..."
"...disbelieved with those who say, Allah is Messiah, the son of Mary. But the Messiah himself said, Oh, children of Israel, worship Allah. My..."
"...his forgiveness, Allah is forgiving and merciful. The Messiah's son of Mary was only a messenger, before whom other messengers had passed away, and..."
"Okay, to say that Mary is divine, to say that Jesus is divine, it's all superstitious. They're all just messengers of the one true..."
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