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To: Aquinasfan

Almost none of what ie taught about Mary in the Catholic church comes from the bible. Much of it became dogma since 1854, some in 1950.


182 posted on 12/17/2007 11:15:23 AM PST by Soliton (Freddie T is the one for me! (c))
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To: Soliton
Almost none of what ie taught about Mary in the Catholic church comes from the bible. Much of it became dogma since 1854, some in 1950.

Again, where in the Bible does it say that Christian doctrines not explicitly mentioned in the Bible are false? This notion of yours isn't found in the Bible. Ironically, you're promoting to a man-made tradition yourself.

Now, Catholics may be forgiven for considering Mary the "Queen of Heaven" given Revelation 12:1 (A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head) and the exalted status of the Queen Mother (the "Gebirah") of the House of David as described in Scripture, and the fact that Jesus is the eternal king of the House of David (Revelation 3:7).

As Queen of the House of David, Bathsheba bows to the king.

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bathsheba bowed low with her face to the ground and, kneeling before the king, said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

As the mother of the king, or the Queen Mother, the king of the House of David (Solomon) bows to her.
1 Kings 2:18-20

So Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right

Mary is the Queen Mother of the eternal King of the House of David, Jesus (Rev 3:7), and her exalted heavenly status is reflected in Revelation 12:1.

It's worth noting what the Church Fathers, who lived much closer in time to Jesus than Luther, said about Mary.

196 posted on 12/17/2007 11:53:16 AM PST by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Soliton
Much of it became dogma since 1854, some in 1950.

As far as I know, in 1854 the Immaculate Conception of Mary was proclaimed, and in 1950 the Assumption of Mary was proclaimed, everything else of significance was known far earlier. This includes the perpetual virginity of Mary and the Immaculate Conception of Christ, both of which have been known since Creedal times.

254 posted on 12/17/2007 6:45:26 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Huckabee asks if Mormons believe Jesus, devil are brothers)
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