Posted on 12/31/2015 4:29:48 PM PST by NYer
**She is never referred to in the manner as catholics call her.**
Please re-read the story of the Visitation where Elizabth, filled wih the Holy Spirit, exclaims —
Luke 1:39-44
39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
40 and she entered the house of Zechari’ah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.
45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
Did you catch the word “the mother of my Lord” there?
Yes. Lord=Jesus.
Luke 1:47
Mary acknowledged Jesus as her Savior, for she was a sinner, just like all of us.
And Jesus is the one to be exalted, and none other.
Of they are not reading the article. They are just spewing the standard Protestant venom that’s been drilled into their heads. Catholics worship Mary. Catholics believe Mary is a goddess. Catholics think Mary didn’t need a savior. Blah. Blah. Blah. They are just hoping to start a fight. Never mind that the gospel says that “all generations will call [Mary] blessed.” Never mind that St. John (Wedding feast at Cana) teaches us to ask Mary to intercede with Jesus when we are in trouble. Never mind that Jesus, hanging on the cross, gives us to Mary as her sons, and gives Mary to us as our mother.
They can explain away the whole New Testament if it doesn’t agree with their man-made doctrines.
Catholics haven't been distracted for 2,016 years, we're doing just fine, hank you.
and you know this how??....the only scripture writings that you have to read were given to you be the Catholic church...and they read the same writings, and ONLY they are authorized to interpret them.
It does nothing of what you claim.
Never mind that Jesus, hanging on the cross, gives us to Mary as her sons, and gives Mary to us as our mother.
have you read the Word?? He gave Mary to John. John was to take care of her.
Mary was Jesus' mother....many mothers are larger than their babies....Catholicism is pointing out that she was His mother and that is her role in the church.
Otherwise known as God's Word.
What are you basing your "venom" on?
Christianity recognizes that when we speak of God, we are generally referring to God the Father...Although Jesus is part of the Godhead, Jesus is never referred to as God...
Why is it your religion never says God hung on the Cross and died for our sins???
All this is is the Catholic religion's attempt to elevate a female to a position she never held nor ever will...To have a female deity that can be prayed to and worshiped...
Mat_11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Act_4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Mary can't get you saved...She cannot provide safety nor protection...She does not dispense Grace...Only God can do that...Mary can not heal anyone...Only God can do these things...
Jesus says to come unto HIM, not Mary...
They seldom do...they see the subject of the article and immediately attack the entire concept....not too bright.
Uhhh. No. The Scripture says this -- and Scripture was given to us by God... remember -- "God-breathed"? Seems to me also that the Catholic Church wasn't around when God inspired the writers of the Old Testament. Just like the Catholic church wasn't around when God inspired the writers of the New Testament.
Now. Back to your question. Do you deny that Christ was born sinless? If so, you deny God.
In Romans 3:23, we read:
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
All. All have sinned. Except for Christ.
And in 2 Cor. 5:21 we read
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
So... the Scriptures, given to us by God (despite the Roman Catholic Church) tells us this. Seems pretty plain to me.
Try reading it sometime.
Happy New Year!
Hoss
Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us all.
Good grief....no they aren't lies, they are dates that people chose to honor an event....the chance of Jesus being born on what we now know as Dec. 25 is pretty remote....who cares, we are celebrating His birth. The Gregorian calendar has been accepted worldwide because it works. I,m pretty sure that God doesn't care if get the date wrong as long as we acknowledge the event. We celebrate the Assumption of Mary into Heaven on August 15th....does that mean she was assumed on that date....nope, just acknowledging an event that happened.
Yes, bi-ritual. He’s been in the U.S. a couple of different times, and now mostly does the Latin liturgy, but also serves the Maronites in the Carolinas. I think they have another Maronite priest in the Raleigh Diocese, but Charlotte picks up people from South Carolina who are officially in the Charleston diocese.
A very nice man, early 40s. Father Eli something ... said his first language is French.
Uhhhhhhh, The inspired words of God, through the prophets and apostles, including the old testament writers are brought to you, in easy to read and understand, book form by the Catholic church. You can go, of course to a synagogue and read the old testament, but if you want to buy it at a book store, you buy a bible which was compiled, copied (by hand)preserved through the ages, made available to the masses after the printing press was invented (by a Catholic)....Otherwise you wouldn't have the faintest idea of who Jesus was. Yes, the word of God comes from Him...but He chose the Catholic church to do the grunt work for Him.
Say thanks, Catholics.
Amen brother!
Jesus, the man, could NOT be your lord or savior...only Jesus as God could do so.
Motherhood of Mary does not in the definition of terms mean that she was superior to the Godhead of her son.
No mother is the sole progenitor of her children. So it seems like a misshapen use of the word mother that is used to be a problem here.
If God can die for sins He can certainly be born to a mother for our salvation. To deny one reality is to be a hypocrite to the other.
Say thanks, Catholics.
Uhhhh. No. The Catholics were the ones keeping God's Word under wraps. Wonder why the RCC hated the printing press so... and Gutenberg. Hmmm? How about Wycliffe? Tyndale? Hmmm?
Thanks to THEM, the rest of the world was able to actually have and READ God's Word.... under threat of death by the Roman Catholic Church. Sounds like the RCC really wanted folks to have it, eh?
Despite what you believe, the reason why the world has the Bible is The Reformation. Like it or not.
Besides... I don't know if I would necessarily believe the Roman Catholic Church would really stand behind a work that they claim to have provided but fail to follow.... like ignoring 1 Timothy 2:5 by writing CCC 969. Or CCC 841 which claims that Catholics and Muslims worship the same "God" -- and we know Muslims do not worship the one true God; Muslims worship Satan. So I don't personally put much stock in what the Roman Catholic Church did to "provide" the Scriptures. We have them because of God and IN SPITE OF Roman Catholicism.
Have a Happy New Year.
Hoss
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