The Coronation in Revelation

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Hi all.

I was just pondering on the coronation in the book of Revelation, and thought, if John the disciple was in fact the author the book of Revelation, wouldn’t he have recognised that woman to be Mary and stated that in his writing, since he knew her? Unless she wasn’t assumed into Heaven then we can say in this case he didn’t recognise her because she had a new body??? 🤷

I don’t doubt it was Mary because of the whole of chapter 12 of Revelation…

Any thoughts??

Maybe someone has asked this before or there are documents/articles on this… I would love to hear thoughts.

God Bless!
 
For another thing, Mary was quite possibly still alive at the time John was writing. In which case naming her as a queen would’ve really got her in trouble with the Romans.

Remember the ‘charge’ placed above Jesus’ cross? The reason Pilate became involved, and ultimately consented to His crucifixion, was that He allegedly claimed the title of King. The Romans certainly would have remembered, and would’ve been mighty suspicious of any claims of royalty made about His mother.
 
It may have been the intention of Mary not to point the finger too much at her. While Mary was still around she became a source for some of the Gospel writers but we see that their main intention was the redemption work of Our Lord. Mary probably will not let them write about her or at least not too much about her. Her focus was Her Son. Later on did God wanted to reveal more about the Glorification of His Mother. In the Book of Revelation we see the word " Woman ". It is interesting to note that Jesus addresses His Mother while on the Cross as " Woman ". Probably the connection to that word is when Adam calles Eve woman. The title of been called woman by Our Lord and the Apostle is to show how important Mary is by been called the second Eve. In this title Mary can be considered Mother to all been born in Christ similar to Eve who is the mother of all the human race.
 
LilyM said:
For another thing, Mary was quite possibly still alive at the time John was writing.
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I know you meant this, but just for the sake of our Protestant viewers: She never died, unless a three day dormition somehow qualifies as death.
DavidKays said:
In the Book of Revelation we see the word " Woman ". It is interesting to note that Jesus addresses His Mother while on the Cross as " Woman ".
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He used the word “Woman” at Cana as well.
 
Yes that is true. Cana was the wedding where both Jesus and His Mother were invited to. Thank you for bringing it up. He also addresses Her as Woman. The Church Fathers have all agreed that the word Woman used by Jesus for His Mother was to illustrate a stronger tie She has with the rest of mankind.
 
StTommyMore said:
Wikipedia. Oh that is compelling. :rolleyes:
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Are you being serious? I didn’t say the article itself was dogmatically binding, I said it gives a decent rundown of the issue and the scholarship on it. Which it does. I don’t have any personal opinion on the issue of the authorship of the Johannine texts (because I don’t really care and have not taken any time to research it), but the OP should be aware that the single-author theory is not only rejected by most modern scholars, but also denied by a number of early Church fathers. You’re more than welcome to look through the 82 footnotes and check up for further information.
 
MarkThompson said:
Are you being serious? I didn’t say the article itself was dogmatically binding, I said it gives a decent rundown of the issue and the scholarship on it. Which it does. I don’t have any personal opinion on the issue of the authorship of the Johannine texts (because I don’t really care and have not taken any time to research it), but the OP should be aware that the single-author theory is not only rejected by most modern scholars, but also denied by a number of early Church fathers. You’re more than welcome to look through the 82 footnotes and check up for further information.
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Johanine authorship was only seriously questioned starting in the 1i9th century in an effort to wrest away apostolic authority.
 
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