To: NYer
****So many Christians who love Jesus with all their hearts recoil in fear at the mention of His mother's name,****
Not at the real Mary of the Bible, but at the demi-savior mother figure created out of mostly theological speculation.
We have been repeatedly warned in the Scripture about not accepting substitutes.
To: PetroniusMaximus
We have been repeatedly warned in the Scripture about not accepting substitutes.
However great a sinner may have been, if he shows himself devout to Mary he will never perish. St. Hilary of Poitiers
16 posted on
05/11/2005 11:48:15 AM PDT by
ksen
("He that knows nothing will believe anything." - Thomas Fuller)
To: PetroniusMaximus
21 posted on
05/11/2005 12:00:29 PM PDT by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Oh my...how misinformed you are....
So accordinging to you Mary is good enough to "come inside" on Christmas morning but the rest of the year she has to stand outside on the front porch...
One of the 10 commandments is to "Honor they mother..." do you think it pleases Jesus for YOU TO BE DISRESPECTFUL of His mother by leaving her outside?
64 posted on
05/11/2005 1:05:58 PM PDT by
okokie
(Terri Schivo Martyr for the Gospel of Life)
To: PetroniusMaximus
**created out of mostly theological speculation. **
This is not true. She is the Mother of the New Covenant -- Jesus Christ.
547 posted on
05/12/2005 7:56:33 PM PDT by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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