[jo kus]

I don't follow this analogy. Mary was the mother of God, she was not the partner or "other half," as in cleave unto...become one flesh.

I had hoped that others would realize this is an analogy, not taken to perfection in every sense. Paul was quite comfortable calling Jesus the Second Adam - but Jesus was God. Was Adam the first "God"? Did Christ ALSO sin? Jesus is the first of a New Creation, the Church, just as Adam was a new creation. In the same sense, Eve was the Mother of the Living, while Mary is the Mother of the Church, the Mother of Christ.

The Church only takes it as far as the Bible allows it to go in the sense implied by the Scripture and Tradition of the Church.

Regards

[colorcountry]

Thank you, that helped me to clarify your statement.

[George W. Bush]

The Church only takes it as far as the Bible allows it to go in the sense implied by the Scripture and Tradition of the Church.

But perhaps the Church has mistakenly allowed too much to be implied by mere tradition.

You could suggest that Protestants and Baptists are unnecessarily narrow in our readings. I'll grant that you could even be right about it. But it is also possible that the East and Rome have allowed too many liberties to be taken with scripture as well. I trust that God knows our frailties and will not allow our imperfect reading of scripture to undermine His plan for the salvation of His children.