Methinks “flames” are being stoked in more than one way.
If “Mary” shows up and she’s genuine, she ought to be giving glory to God. That would be a pretty good test.
>> “she ought to be giving glory to God. That would be a pretty good test.” <<
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Yes, it is the test that John called for, but there is not one account of an apparition giving glory to God, or particularly of declaring that “Christ is come in the flesh.”
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