Mary, The Perpetual Virgin And The Mother of God?

Everyone knows that Mary was the mother of Jesus, the same knowledge we knew that her pregnancy happened when she was a virgin, when the archangel Gabriel appeared to her in Nazareth to announce that she would miraculously conceive through the Holy Spirit and give birth to Jesus.

However, did Mary remain a virgin her whole life? When Catholics are praying to Mary, are they just honouring her, or worshipping her? Is this unbiblical? Who is Mary?

At the foot at the cross, what Jesus said about Mary before He died on the cross? Was the word “Behold your son… Behold your mother” just a word of adoption or was there something to understand much deeply in relation to our spirituality?

Apart from this, if Mary had other children with Joseph after she gave birth to Jesus, why Jesus asked John --His beloved disciple-- to take care of her? Where were His brothers if He really had biological brothers who were born to Mary?

This book reveals a lot of things that will stimulate our thought --or I can say—provoke our thought and revolutionize our understanding in this biblical study of Mary.

Brant Pitre, a theologian and Research Professor of Scripture and Theology at the Augustine Institute wrote this book to take the readers step by step from the Garden of Eden, the Gospel until the Book of Revelation.

Dr. Pitre explained Mary by using the Old Testament and ancient Judaism to show how the Bible itself teaches that Mary is the new Eve, the new Ark of the Covenant, the Mother of God and the Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Despite the book contains a subject that considered heavy, sacred, and –without exaggeration-- “controversial”, Dr. Pitre wrote it with easy-to-read style, clear, and inspiring.

This book is a rare combination of historical-critical mastery and theological erudition which we need to read not only to know more about Mary, but the important role of her in the Christianity faith.

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Serpong, 15 Jun 2026

Titus J.

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