lol. Just one?
We've been told over and over by the RCC that Mary was saved before she was born, therefore her birth was "immaculate," thereby supposedly permitting her to "die sinless."
Since God elects from the foundation of the world, Mary's salvation was likewise determined by God from the foundation of the world by the "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
However, the RCC incorrectly extrapolates this gift of grace given to all believing Christians and works up a fierce paganism to adorn it (as if salvation itself weren't enough) by its putrid insistence that Mary was born without sin, lived without sin and was bodily assumed into heaven.
Many theologians assert that Mary's mediation also means that from the time of her Assumption she has personally cooperated with her Divine Son in communicating all of the graces that He has and continues to bestow upon mankind. As St. Bernard of Clairvaux said in a famous formulation: "God has willed that we should have nothing that did not pass through the hands of Mary.""But the Immaculate Virgin participates in the Mediation of Christ in a unique and singular manner. That is why she is called the Mediatrix of All Grace. Our Lady cooperated profoundly as did no one else with the salvific work of the Savior; this association is the principle underlying her universal mediation. First, Mary is Mediatrix because by her humble and obedient fiat at the Annunciation, she became the Mother of Jesus Christ Who is the source of all grace. Secondly, the Blessed Virgin Mary associated herself in an intimate way with Christ's act of redemption, especially as she stood beneath the Cross on Golgotha. And thirdly, the Blessed Mother's great holiness makes her a powerful intercessor in obtaining graces for mankind.
As pointed out earlier, the faith of Abraham did not pass through Mary's hands. Christ Himself saved Abraham, as He alone saves all those who are His.
amen, dear Dr.
“Doctor”, I repeat my request to point out anything in the quote that you posted from “MARY, MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACES” that contradicts the Holy Scripture.
So far, what Blue Duncan did on your behalf showed how the quoted text contradicts Calvinism. This is not what I ask.