#12536 How Old Was Mary When She conceived Jesus? Mary Questions - William Albrecht
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
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Summary
“How Old Was Mary When She conceived Jesus?” This question opens a discussion on her significance within the Catholic faith, addressing whether she holds a higher status than other saints. The conversation also touches on the nature of Marian prayers and how to respond to those who downplay her importance in Christianity.
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Questions Covered:
- 15:41 – Is Mary a saint and if so, is she higher than other saints?
- 23:29 – Is there any evidence that would suggest Mary’s parents were visited by an angel informing them that she would be born without sin and would be the mother of the savior?
- 31:42 – How do I respond to my protestant friend who says all she needs is God and Mary is not important to Christian Faith?
- 37:35 – How old was Mary when she conceived Jesus?
- 41:30 – At the annunciation it was just the Angel Gabriel and Mary, is there any witnesses or way to vouch for the event being true?
- 46:49 – Why does the Church teach that some things are symbolic about Mary?
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| 0:32.0 | We promise William Albrecht. |
| 0:34.5 | And we deliver William Albrecht, patristic pillars.com. You know, |
| 0:39.9 | William does all kinds of fantastic debates, and he's got a tremendous penetrating |
| 0:46.9 | understanding of the church fathers and the patristic period, and a great guy to talk to, and a |
| 0:52.2 | defender of the Virgin Mary. I will say that. That's like a |
| 0:56.3 | sub vocation of his general vocation of apologist. Within that genre, he is a defender of the |
| 1:03.5 | Virgin Mary. So if you have Virgin Mary questions today, 8883187-884, we would love to take them. They don't all have to be nice. They can be grumpy. They can be dismayed. They can be curious. Whatever, wherever it's coming from, if you've got a question about Mary, we'd love to get you an answer 8883187-884. William Albrecht, thank you for being here with us so early in the new year. |
| 1:31.0 | I am thrilled and pumped to be with you, Sui. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, brother. Glad to be with you, my friend. How you been? |
| 1:37.6 | Really good, really good. I guess we're going to start another year of depending on William Albrecht. Whenever we need somebody, call on William Albrecht. |
| 1:45.0 | That's how it went last year, and we're grateful for it, William. Thanks. |
| 1:48.3 | Great to be here with you, brother. And hey, man, I love talking about Holy Mother Mary. You said |
| 1:53.5 | there that's one of the areas that I'm known for as Mariology. I got to say, side, that |
| 1:59.0 | shockingly, I wouldn't have thought that 20 years ago |
| 2:01.8 | when I was a reformed Protestant, praise the Lord. I've got a great devotion to our Immaculate Mother |
| 2:06.4 | Mary. Well, let me ask you this, because Catholics, this is one I think is controversial, |
| 2:10.6 | so we'll start on a controversial spot. Catholics, we have these Marian dogmas. One of them, Mary was assumed bodily into heaven. |
| 2:20.5 | People will say, there's no evidence for this. The Catholic, this is just a Catholic story. |
| 2:26.3 | So I'm going to ask you for your best evidence, your best one or two or three points where you'd go, |
| 2:31.3 | look at this if somebody really doesn't accept the bodily |
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