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Appendix THE TRUTH ABOUT MARY Volume One
Starting Points in Discerning Biblical Truth Mary in Scripture by Chapter and Verse: Ark of the Covenant Daughter of Zion Woman Clothed with the Sun Introduction to the Trilogy: The Truth About Mary and the Historic Christian Faith 1. Preamble to Volume One I OVERVIEW 2. Overview Word Pictures (A) Mary in Scripture: Ten Portraits (B) Fundamentalism and the Historic Christian Faith 3. Mary and the Protestant Reformation: Affirmation of Fundamental Marian Doctrines by the Founding Fathers of the Reformation II STARTING POINTS 4. The Origin of the New Testament 5. The Interpretation of the New Testament 6. The Inerrant Interpretation of the Inerrant Word of God 7. Once Saved Always Saved, Once Predestined for Damnation Always Damned: Why Faith Without Works Does Not Work (1) Overview (2) The Christian God (3) The Denial of Man's Freedom and the Affirmation of a God Who Creates Men Specifically to Damn Them (4) "This is not the God of the Christians" [John Wesley]: Protestant Critiques of the "Once Predestined for Damnation Always Damned" Theory (5) The False Issue of Faith Vs. Works: In Calvinism it is not Faith Alone that Saves but Predestination Alone (6) Justification and Salvation: Bringing Freedom Back (7) From the Theology of "Once Saved Always Saved, Once Damned Always Damned" to the God Who Asks Us to Participate in His Scheme of Salvation Volume Two Mary in Scripture and the Historic Christian Faith Mary in Scripture by Chapter and Verse: Ark of the Covenant Daughter of Zion Woman Clothed with the Sun Introduction to the Trilogy: The Truth About Mary and the Historic Christian Faith 1. Preamble to Volume Two I MARY IN SCRIPTURE 2. Mary in Scripture: Rediscovering the Bridge Between the Old and the New Testaments INTRODUCTION (a) Mary in Scripture (b) Two Centuries Without the Scriptural Mary (c) The Rediscovery of Mary in Scripture (1) MARY THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS (a) Introduction (b) Old Testament Prophecies of Mary (c) Old Testament Pre-figurings of Mary (d) Daughter of Zion (e) Ark of the Covenant (2) LUKE 1-2: A COMPENDIUM OF MARIAN DOCTRINE (a) Compendium (b) Hail Full of Grace/Rejoice Highly Favored One (c) The Exaltation of Mary in Luke 1-2 (d) "I Know Not Man": A Vow of Virginity (3) MARY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION (a) Genesis 3:15 (b) Revelation 12 (c) The Drama of Salvation (d) The New Adam and the New Eve in the Writings of the Early Christians (4) MARY IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (a) Genesis 3:15 and the Gospel of John (b) Cana (c) Calvary (5) MARY IN THE PUBLIC MINISTRY OF JESUS IN MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN (a) Mary the Merciful Mother (b) Jesus the Son (c) "Whosoever shall do the will of the Father" (d) "A sword shall pierce through thy own soul also" (6) MARY IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND IN PAUL (a) The Acts of the Apostles (b) Paul (7) THE SEVEN SPLENDORS OF MARY IN SCRIPTURE (a) Introduction (b) Scripture's Seven-Splendored Story of Mary (c) The Christian Response to the Seven Splendors II TEACHINGS ON MARY OF THE HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH 3. Marian Doctrines and the Historic Christian Faith: The Inerrant Proclamation of the Scriptural Witness to Mary Introduction (a) Scripture (b) The New Testament Church (c) Councils, Creeds and the Historic Christian Faith (d) The Great Mystery (e) The Seamless Garment of Doctrine 4. "The Mother of My Lord": Theotokos Introduction (1) The Fathers (2) The Doctrine (3) Protestant Commentaries Conclusion 5. "I Know Not Man": Perpetual Virginity Introduction (1) The Fathers (2) The Doctrine (3) Protestant Commentaries Conclusion 6. "Hail! Full of Grace/Rejoice! Highly Favored": Immaculate Conception Introduction (1) The Fathers (2) The Doctrine (3) Protestant Commentaries Conclusion 7. "A Woman Clothed with the Sun": Assumption Introduction (1) The Fathers (2) The Doctrine (3) Protestant Commentaries Conclusion 8. "A Sword Will Pierce Through Your Own Heart, Too": The New Eve in Intercession and Mediation Introduction (1) The Fathers (2) The Eastern Orthodox (3) Protestant Commentaries Conclusion 9. "All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed": Queen of Heaven 10. From Mary to the Holy Trinity: The Key to Orthodox Christianity Volume Three A Response to Fundamentalist Misconceptions and a Return to Historic Christianity Mary in Scripture by Chapter and Verse: Ark of the Covenant Daughter of Zion Woman Clothed with the Sun Introduction to the Trilogy: The Truth About Mary and the Historic Christian Faith 1. Preamble to Volume Three I FUNDAMENTALIST CRITIQUES OF MARIAN DOCTRINE AND THE RESPONSE OF HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY 2. A Compare-and-Contrast Table of Common Fundamentalist Misconceptions About Marian Doctrine and the Actual Teaching of Historic Christianity 3. A Response to Recent Fundamentalist Tracts Against Mary Introduction: From the Loss of Scripture to the Loss of the Scriptural Mary (a) The Scriptural Mary and the Mary of the Historic Christian Faith (b) The Separation of the Bible from the Historic Christian Faith (c) The Loss of the Bible Leads to the Loss of Mary (1) Fundamentalism and Christianity (a) Fundamentalism is Primarily "Private Interpretation" and Not Sola Scriptura (b) Central Characteristics of Fundamentalism (i) Claim to Sola Scriptura (ii)Private Interpretation (iii)Faith Alone (iv)Rejection of the Sacramental Vision (v) Multiplicity of Systems (c) Central Problems of Fundamentalism (i) Devaluation of Scripture (ii)Chaos in Biblical Interpretation (iii)Chaos in Theology and Doctrine (iv)Inevitable Loss of Scripture (2) Central Fundamentalist Rejections of Marian Doctrine (a) "Biblical" Mary Dramatically Different from the Mary of Mariology (b) Mary in Scripture Seen as Slighted by Christ (c) Marian Doctrines are Without Exception Unscriptural (d) Marian Mediation and Intercession Contrary to Salvation by Faith Alone (e) Idolatry and Diabolic Signs and Wonders (3) An Initial Response to the Fundamentalist Rejection of Mary (a) The Testimony of Scripture (b) The Testimony of the New Testament Church (c) The Reformers (d) The Three Deadly Traps: Interpretation, Freedom, Mediation (4) A Detailed Presentation of Fundamentalist Charges Against Marian Doctrine (a) The Scriptural Portrait of Mary (i) Fundamentalist Writers on the "biblical" Mary (ii)A Response to the Fundamentalist Portrayal (b) Mother of God (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (c) Perpetual Virginity (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (d) Immaculate Conception (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (e) Assumption and Queenship (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (f) Mediation and Intercession (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (g) Marian Devotion (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques (h) Marian Appearances (i) Fundamentalist Critiques (ii)A Response to the Critiques Conclusion 4. False Human Traditions in Fundamentalism and Confusion About Salvation and the Holy Trinity Introduction (1)Incredible Teachings on The Trinity and on Salvation (a) Heresies on the Trinity from Fundamentalists (b) Strange Views of Salvation (2) Dominant Traditions in Fundamentalism (a) Dispensationalism and the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement (b) Critiques of the Dispensationalist View (c) Critiques of Pentecostals and Charismatics (d) Christian Reconstructionism (e) Differing Interpretations on Fundamental Issues (3) End-Products of Fundamentalism (a) Liberalism (b) Cults Conclusion II PROTESTANTS RETURN TO MARY 5. How Fundamentalists Can Recognize the Truth About Mary Introduction (1) Authoritative Interpretation (2) Christology and Trinitarian Doctrine (3) Sanctification (4) Avoiding Misconceptions (5) Testimonies of Evangelicals Who Come to Mary Conclusion 6. Modern Protestants Return to the Marian Teachings of the Historic Christian Faith Introduction (1) Mary in Mainline Protestant Denominations (2) The Testimony of Eastern Orthodoxy (3) Expositions of Marian Doctrine from Protestant Theologians III TO JESUS THROUGH HIS AND OUR MOTHER 7. Precious Gifts to All Christians from their Mother: Introduction (1) To Jesus Through Mary (a) To Jesus Through Whom? (b) Intercession (c) Consecration (d) Mary and the Trinity in Our Prayer Life (2) Mary the Evangelist (3) Marian Aids Against the World, the Flesh and the Devil (a) Statues and Other Physical "Signs" of the Spiritual (b) Prayers for the Dead (c) Marian Lifejackets (4) How You Can Enter the Marian World |
