Posted on 10/04/2006 4:54:42 PM PDT by Salvation
Except for newbies and articles, I don't even look at the theology of the posters only the phrasing of their posts.
You didn't say anything...I was only responding to what the author of the article said...
It seems (to me) that when a non-Catholic disagrees with the theology of the Catholic church, some of you folks take it personally and are at times a little over zealous with your defense...And just for the record, I have received the same warnings that you have...
It would be interesting to know how many warnings you have received on a Catholic discussion thread and how many warnings Conservative Til I Die has received on a Protestant discussion thread.
I got all I deserved...
Simply Amazing that you have been posting threads that are hand in hand with my schooling.
Miracle. JMO
Nicene Creed which says "we" is now so out of works.
Apostle Creed Stands.
Thank You Sal for your gracious post.
Also the truth is God does not need his Angels to touch, as when the Angel came to Mary.
What Our Holy God who loves/loved us first enjoys using his sweet angels.
Nope he does not need to but just as we gleem on the morning due so the Lord finds all pleasing to his gift to us ....Love of his Creation...I knew you when you were in the womb..
Can I make 1 suggestion.
If you want to debate Catholic 2006 yrs of teachings PLEASE take 1 yr of Adult Catechism in a Roman Catholic Church.
I did and it's like whoah.
It Rocks.
I used to think this when I was a Protestant but those who have a deep devotion to Mary have a much deeper devotion to Jesus and by "extension" of course, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Mary brings us to Jesus, so to speak, just as God used her to enter into the world He can use her to remind us of His love for us.
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No kidding.
Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. Luke 1:28
Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Luke 1:42
Henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke 1:48
967 By her complete adherence to the Father's will, to his Son's redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity. Thus she is a "preeminent and . . . wholly unique member of the Church"; indeed, she is the "exemplary realization" (typus)510 of the Church.
968 Her role in relation to the Church and to all humanity goes still further. "In a wholly singular way she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity in the Savior's work of restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason she is a mother to us in the order of grace."511
969 "This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation . . . . Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix."512
970 "Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it."513 "No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source."514
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm
**It would be interesting to know how many warnings you have received on a Catholic discussion thread and how many warnings Conservative Til I Die has received on a Protestant discussion thread.**
Very astute observation.
**Thank You Sal for your gracious post.**
You are the one who is being gracious here. LOL!
Excellent!
Most excellent summary!
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