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To: Pyro7480; NYer; kittymyrib

"She was saved at her conception, not after like the rest of us."

Luke 1:47, "And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." Mary acknowledged her need of a Saviour.

Matt.1:21, "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins."

Luke 2:11, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

There is only one Saviour and He saves from sin. Mary acknowledged her sin and her need of a Saviour.


54 posted on 06/30/2006 7:07:40 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: blue-duncan

That's your interpretation, based on your theological viewpoint. It isn't necessarily the case.


55 posted on 06/30/2006 7:10:28 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you wish to go to extremes, let it be in... patience, humility, & charity." -St. Philip Neri)
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To: blue-duncan; Pyro7480; kittymyrib
There is only one Saviour and He saves from sin. Mary acknowledged her sin and her need of a Saviour.

Catholics do not believe that Mary had no need of a Savior! Jesus did indeed save Mary; by virtue of the foreseen merits of His death on Calvary, He saved her from ever contracting original sin in the first place. As a daughter of Adam, Mary would have contracted original sin like the rest of us had God not intervened. But because Jesus chose her for His Mother, He sanctified her at her conception, making her a Holy of Holies just for Himself. So Christ our God is truly Mary's Savior, as the Bible says; and her Immaculate Conception does not contradict Luke 1:47 at all!

59 posted on 06/30/2006 7:37:05 AM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: blue-duncan; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; fortheDeclaration; ears_to_hear; nmh; Bainbridge; ...
There is only one Saviour and He saves from sin. Mary acknowledged her sin and her need of a Saviour.

Amen. Scripture is so clear on this topic it seems self-evident.

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" -- 1 Timothy 2:5

"Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." -- Acts 4:10-12

"Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods." -- Psalms 97:7

"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him." -- 1 Corinthians 8:6

And finally we have a clear warning where some of these errors come from...

"The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it...

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards." -- Isaiah 19:1,3


91 posted on 06/30/2006 9:26:04 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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