Award-winning
author and teacher MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MFA has announced the
release of her new Christian-based children's picture book,
'Who Is Jesus?' The new book for children, like all of her work,
remains faithful to Biblical principles.
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Christian Book Author Dr. MaryAnn Diorio Refutes Claims Of A Married Jesus In The Lost Gospel
The
controversy surrounding the discovery of a lost gospel claiming Jesus
was married hit many Internet news sites this week. Christian author
Dr. MaryAnn Diorio strongly refutes these claims
[Philadelphia,
PA, November 28, 2014] Numerous Internet news sites broke a
story this week about a lost gospel that appears to put forth the idea
that Jesus was married and had children. That idea has been presented
in movies such as 'The Last Temptation Of Christ' and books such as
'The DaVinci Code'. One of these articles, found on the Daily Mail site
entitled 'Is this proof Jesus married and had two sons? Ancient
manuscript said to be 'lost gospel' with a sensational twist', stated
that Simcha Jacobovici, an Israeli-Canadian film-maker, and Barrie
Wilson, a professor of religious studies in Toronto, believe they’ve
uncovered a missing fifth gospel.
“In
attempting to add to the four gospels, Author Simcha Jacobovici and
Professor Barrie Wilson have forgotten one critically important point,”
remarks Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, award-winning author and long-time Bible
teacher. “They have forgotten that God explicitly forbids adding
or subtracting from the Holy Scriptures.” Diorio, who holds a
Doctor of Ministry degree and is the author of the new children’s
picture book, 'Who Is Jesus?', cites Proverbs 30:5-6: “Every word of
God proves true. . . Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you and
expose you as a liar.”
Another found on The Daily Beast.com
website entitled "Is 'The Lost Gospel Book' A Fraud?" quoted Barrie
Wilson as saying "Paul’s theology of marriage could be said very
simply: no sex before, during or after marriage. Our gospel, in
contradiction to Paul’s asceticism, talks about the importance of
marriage and the intensity that it takes, that’s where the gospel—the
element of good news comes in—it enriches the understanding of fulsome
sexuality.”
“Not so,” says Dr. Diorio. “While the Scripture
clearly forbids sex outside of marriage, Paul specifically reveals his
approval of sex during marriage in First Corinthians 7: 5 when he
writes, ‘Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree
to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer, but then
resume normal marital relations.’
Diorio, who holds a Doctor
of Ministry degree and has been teaching the Bible for almost 20 years,
sees The Lost Gospel as “another last-ditch attempt by Satan to deceive
the world into accepting the AntiChrist before the return of the true
Messiah, Jesus the Christ.”
Dr. MaryAnn Diorio writes
award-winning books for the young, and the young-at-heart. Diorio has
written seven books, been a contributor to eight others, and has
published seven booklets. She brings her considerable talent and
impressive background together in 'Who Is Jesus?' to create a work that
is certain to become a classic in the Christian children's books genre.
Dr.
Diorio holds numerous degrees including the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
degree in French with a concentration in Comparative Literature, the
Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree in Christian Counseling, the Master of
Philosophy (MPhil) degree in French with a concentration in Comparative
Literature, the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Italian Language &
Literature, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Writing Popular
Fiction with a concentration in Writing for Children and the Bachelor
of Arts (BA) degree in French.
She has won numerous awards,
including Third Place for “From Feminism to Freedom” AMY Writing
Awards; Fifth Place, National Writers’ Club Short Story Contest for
“The Birthmark”; Top 100 Short Stories ranking for “The Birthmark”,
Writers’ Digest Short Story Contest; Honorable Mention for radio
script, TAKE ONE Radio Theatre; Second Place for Novel, St. Davids
Christian Writers’ Conference Contest; Third Place in Women’s Fiction,
American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Genesis Contest; Second Place
in Inspirational Category for Novel, East Texas RWA Southern Heat
Contest; Second Place in Historical Category for Novel, Romance
Writers’ Ink Where the Magic Begins Contest; First Place in
Inspirational Category for Novel, Colorado RWA Heart of the Rockies
Contest; and First Place in Inspirational Category for Novel,
Spacecoast Launching a Star Contest.
Dr. Diorio is available for media interviews and can be reached using
the information below or by email at maryann@maryanndiorio.com.
All of her works are available at online book retailers and at her
site. More information, including information on 'Who Is Jesus?', is
available at her site at http://www.MaryAnnDiorio.com.
About Dr.
MaryAnn Diorio:
MaryAnn
is also a multi-award winning author, a Certified Life Coach, a
Certified Behavioral Consultant, and a Certified Biblical Counselor as
well as a gifted Bible teacher and speaker whose heart’s desire is to
help people become all that God created them to be. For all that God
has done and continues to do in her life, MaryAnn gives Him all the
praise and all the glory.
Contact:
Dr. MaryAnn Diorio
http://www.MaryAnnDiorio.com
maryann@maryanndiorio.com
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