[drstevej]

***The Church is just following the direction of St. Paul in this case. The weak, in this case both Protestants and non Latin conversant Catholics, would have a stumbling block put in their way by the popularization of Mary's title of Coredemtrix.***

Don't hold back for us "weak" Proddies... we already tripped over the immaculate conception, perpetual virginity and assumption thingies.

One more co-redemptrix boulder to stub our toes on won't make much difference to us.

[Talking_Mouse]

Not meaning to hijack the thread but could you, as a well informed Protestant, please explain to me, as a hopefully reasonable Catholic, what the problem with the Assumption is? Mary is a symbol of the Church. The Church will meet Jesus in the air at His second coming. There have been precedents, both Enoch and Elijah have been bodily assumed into heaven. Why the difficulty in believing that the person who gave birth to God in human flesh would also be assumed into heaven? It is not like the Church is claiming she Ascended on her own power, the way her Son did after the resurrection. Truly, I am trying to understand the reason why Protestants find this a stumbling block, and I ask for your help in explaining it to me.