In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Leonardo De Chirico to discuss his book A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Mary: Mother of God?. Is Mariology simply an accretion, and what is at stake for those who hold Scripture is the Word of God, the Gospel is essential – and that history matters? Who was Mary, the Mary of history and of Scripture? What does it mean for her to be called by the angel Gabriel “favored” by God twice in Luke 1? Is there any indication of her immaculate conception, perpetual virginity, or bodily assumption in Scripture – or sources that should otherwise be treated as historical? What of Paul’s near-silence, and the account in Mark 3 of Jesus’ question to the crowd, in the face of the intervention of “his mother and brothers”, defining his family (including “mother”) as something other than biological? Join us as Dr. De Chirico takes through what the Scriptures, and helps us in understanding the development that occurred between the actual Mary of Scripture and history into the imaginative and mythical “Mary” of Rome, Eastern Orthodoxy, as well as a few Protestants claiming a mystical experience (i.e. a burning of their bosom) with their newfound heavenly mother. Listen in as Dr. De Chirico takes us on a tour from Mary to Mariology, and how the developed and developing “Mary of the church” has consistently obfuscated and obscured both the work and person of God, the Son – as well as nearly replacing the work and person of God, the Spirit.Book: A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Mary: Mother of God?Reformanda InitiativeVatican FilesSome other resources by Dr. De Chirico:- “No Longer Accretions. The Problem of Roman Catholicism in Dialogue with Gavin Ortlund”- Engaging Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Approach (also here)- A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy- Same Words, Different Worlds: Do Roman Catholics and Evangelicals Believe the Same Gospel? - Evangelical Theological Perspectives on post-Vatican II Roman CatholicismAlso check out the recent book edited by Dr. De Chirico, including a chapter contributed by him: The Nicene Creed: The Nature of Christian Unity and the Meaning of Gospel WordsOther resources:The Virgin Birth of Christ by J. Gresham MachenWho Is My Mother?:The Role and Status of the Mother of Jesus in The New Testament and Roman Catholicism by Eric D. Svendsen

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