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Maria
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Maria
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Maria

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Este livro é dedicado a todos aqueles que desejosos por mais conhecimento sobre Maria, possam extrair deste material uma perspectiva real e bíblica desta figura importantíssima na história da redenção.

LanguagePortuguês
Release dateJan 4, 2015
ISBN9781310070297
Maria
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Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco

Prof. Dr. Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco, D.Mim., PhD, is a Portuguese citizen, married for nearly 15 years and the father of two beautiful girls. Born in the city of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January 1974. However, his paternal grandparents are of Azorean origin. He holds a Degree in Biblical and Theological Studies (BA), Master of Church Administration and Leadership (MA), both at Trinity Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana, USA, has the Degree of Doctor of Honoris Causa Ministry (D.Min.) at Centre For Contemporary Christianity do John Stott - The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity em Bangalore, India, Christianity branch in Bangalore, India and a Doctor Degree in Philosophy and Apologetics (Ph.D) also from Trinity Seminary. His works include acting as a local parishioner, writer and professor at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Queluz, Portugal. He is a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers, member of the Portuguese Philosophical Society, member of the Brazilian Society of Poets Aldravianistas, member of Movimiento Poets Del Mundo, member of the Portuguese Association of Poets, member of the Brazilian Union of Writers, member of the Academy of Letters and Arts Portugal, member of the Academy of Letters and Arts Lusophone having as patron António Augusto Soares de Passos, member of the Brazilian Academy Luminescence having as patron Pio Lourenço Correa. He is associated with the Administrative Board of Missions of the National Baptist Convention in Brazil. Dr. Branco has served as a missionary in India, New Zealand and Norway, which provided him a significant cross-cultural experience. His theology is reformed and as a poet, he has a melancholy style along the lines of the ultra-romantic poets of the nineteenth century, He describes himself as a humanist characterized by the idea that the man only reaches its true essence through the knowledge of God. Dr. Branco lives in Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal, with his family and have works published in the areas spirituality, theology, philosophy and anthology.

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    Maria - Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco

    Maria

    a mãe de Deus

    por

    Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco

    Copyright 2015 Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco

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    Este livreto é dedicado a todos aqueles que desejosos por mais conhecimento sobre Maria, possam extrair deste simples material uma perspectiva real e bíblica desta figura importantíssima na história da redenção.

    Maria, a mãe de Deus

    Já há algum tempo que tenho interesse em escrever sobre Maria, a mãe de Jesus. No entanto, a intenção não é fazer uma abordagem teológica sobre Maria, nem tão pouco tratar da doutrina mariana dos católicos romanos. Acredito que já há material suficiente tanto do lado católico como do lado protestante que tratam desta perspectiva doutrinária, e escrever sobre este assunto traria pouco ou nenhuma novidade ao que já existe.

    Resolvi portanto, publicar este pequeno ensaio por partes, no desejo de observar a Maria narrada nas Escrituras Sagradas. Uma história que tem seu início com uma jovem simples, pobre, que vivia numa região de pouca importância naqueles dias, e que se viu envolvida por Deus na mais fascinante história da humanidade.

    Meu desejo é de aprendermos com Maria, tanto com a sua felicidade como com a sua infelicidade, tanto com o grande privilégio que teve de ser a mãe do Messias como com a desventura de vê-lo padecer numa cruz romana, tanto com a tristeza da sua

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