And—almost as if an afterthought!—Gabriel added that Mary’s elderly, heretofore barren kinswoman Elizabeth is also with child. Mary’s first move is to set off to visit Elizabeth. And thus Luke sets up ...

A: There are all together four different occasions when Mary’s words are recorded in the Bible. They are found in the gospels of Luke and John. Luke gives an account of the Virgin’s dialogue with the ...

The main figurehead for such plotters was Mary, Queen of Scots. She had a claim to the English throne, and was seen as a potential replacement for Elizabeth. Date Plot Elizabeth's action 1583 ...

Mary returns the country to Catholicism and ... Book of Common Prayer and republishes an English translation of the Bible. Elizabeth takes a pragmatic view of her subjects’ personal faith ...

The Bible's lack of details about these ... visiting Mary and Joseph to tell them they will have Jesus; Mary stays with her cousin Elizabeth, who has been blessed with a pregnancy; Mary and ...