Mary, the mother of Jesus

In Christianity according to the New Testament, Mary (Judæo-Aramaic מרים Maryām "Bitter"; Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Arabic: Maryem, مريم) was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth and at the time of his conception was the betrothed wife of Joseph, awaiting the customary "Home-Taking" that would permit them to start living together and to consummate their marriage (cf. Matt 1:18, 20). Most Christians and Muslims understand the Gospel account in this respect to mean that Mary was a virgin when she conceived Jesus through a miracle of God.

External links

• Christian Beliefs about Mary
• 632 pictures of the Virgin
• Munificentissimus Deus
• Bernard Orchard, The Betrothal and Marriage of Mary to Joseph, Part 1; Part 2
• Bernard Orchard, Summary of The Betrothal and Marriage of Mary to Joseph and chronological chart
• St Mary in Indian Orthodox tradition
• Mary
• The Sense of Mary and Shakespeare in Sixteenth-Century England
• American Catholic - Blessed Virgin Mary - The First Disciple
• Criticism of the veneration of Mary
• The Unknown Lives of Jesus and Mary from the Apocrypha and other little known sources.
• Mary Gardens the Catholic customs of making gardens in honor of Mary