Sally Read combines art history and literary memoir to recount a spiritual mystery — and a quest to discover the Blessed Mother.

As proclaimed by the Tome of Leo in the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.), Jesus is a Divine Person with two natures: a divine nature and a human nature. Since Mary is truly the Mother of ...

If this Mary is the mother of Jesus, it is odd that she is not identified as mother of Jesus, since Jesus is a much more prominent character than James or Joses. It has been argued that the James ...

According to him, Mary is “mother of Jesus” the man but not “mother ... Like medieval Western art, icons do not adhere to the simple canons of space and time that “realistic art” does.

"From manger scenes to postage stamps, from Christmas cards to Advent hymns, the image of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ makes its universal appearance during the Advent season ...