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What the earliest manuscript about Jesus' infancy reveals
This prompts Jesus to clap his hands, upon which the sparrows come to life and fly away. Even though it was not included in the canonical gospels, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas is nevertheless a ...
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Infancy Narrative Commentaries
The Evangelist Luke repeatedly compares Jesus with John the Baptizer, who is not mentioned at all in Matthew’s infancy account. In Matthew’s narrative, Jesus’ birth is detected by foreign priests, the ...
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
Could there be deliberate concealment? The Infancy Gospel of Thomas presents stories about Jesus’s youth, dating back to the ...
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Do baby dedications, infant baptisms produce followers of Christ?
Being baptized or dedicated as an infant is a wonderful starting point, but this righteous act by itself does not produce a ...
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Emergence of the Four Gospel Canon
There's baby Jesus stories; the infancy Gospel of Thomas is one of these where you have the stories of the little child Jesus performing all sorts of miracles. And obviously these are developing ...
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Church of Our Lady Victorious (Infant Jesus of Prague) (Kostel Prazskeho Jezulatka)
The Infant Jesus of Prague statue is thought to have been carved in Spain in the 16th century (though some argue it is older). It found its way to Prague in the mid-1500s. While the origin of the ...