Mary was born without original sin? I had never heard that??
****
Dean, go to the library or an old book store and find yourself a catholic encyclopedia. Look up immaculate conception. When you find what that means, then find the scripture where it says the anti-christ will claim that Jesus did not come in the flesh. 2+2=4........Mary with no fleshly nature....plus the Holy Spirit who had no fleshly nature...creates a savior who had no fleshly nature. The RCC is claiming Jesus did not come in the flesh, altho they do not come right out and say it.
Not only did Christ come with our inherited sinful nature, He conquered it, then paid for ours. If Christ was not capable of being tempted, Satan would not have tried. You find no reference in scripture to Satan tempting the Father.
Course this opens a whole new can of worms since one of the doctrines of devils being taught is that Jesus is God. Just a little step closer to getting people to accept that Mary was the mother of God.
You catholics need to settle down, you will rule the world again, and all the RCC's daughters will return to her, they already pretty much have. "Here is a mystery, the anti-christ ONCE WAS, IS NOT, AND IS AGAIN." Your IS AGAIN, is pretty much upon us.
You'll get your chance to feed us nuts to the Lions again, or crucify us, or burn us at the stake. Quit getting so fired up about it all.
WTF are you talking about?? I have never seen so many "christians" (little c on purpose) bear false witness.
"The RCC is claiming Jesus did not come in the flesh, altho they do not come right out and say it."
You need to read the Profession of Faith Catholic make.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
BriarBey, you are equivocating on the word "fleshy". The Catholic Church teaches that Mary had no *sinful* nature. The Catholic Church also teaches that Mary was 100% human, flesh & bones, not a spirit, not a ghost, a bona fide human being. The Catholic Church also teaches that Christ was fully human, flesh and blood, not a ghost, not a spirit, but a true human being. The claim that Christ was not fully human, not flesh and blood, is the heresy called Docetism, which has always been thoroughly and explicitly condemned by the Church.
-A8
BriarBey, what evidence do have for this claim? The Church has always wholly and completely rejected such a claim as heresy. Only a pure and unblemished sacrifice could atone for the sins of the world. Hence Christ could not have inherited original sin.
-A8
I just read today, in the USA Today, that one of the Popes made this claim about Mary.
And what's with the "Feed us to the lions" stuff? You seem a bit paranoid.
Do you in fact deny that Jesus is God?
-A8