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To: NYer

I would think it all depends on the context and the manner in which one is speaking of Mary. Of course they acknowledge her as the mother of Jesus. I am reminded of John 1:1-5: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”

Protestants believe on one mediator between God and Man (the Lord Jesus Christ) and in the supremacy of Jesus through whom all things were made, including his own mother.


5 posted on 09/24/2008 4:47:06 PM PDT by agrarianlady
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To: agrarianlady

And John goes on to say: and the World was made flesh and dwelt among us. Mary is never named in his Gospel, but it is instructive to me, at least that she played an instrumental role in event that began Our Lord’s public career. “Do what he tells us, she said to the porter, and then came a stupendous act of creation by the Creator at the request of his mother-SIX jugs of water set aside for cleanings were now overflowing with gallons of the finest wine. In deed a paradox, since the Word took his flesh from his own creator. He “owed” his humanity to a mere woman, and he still owes her, because he is still dressed in the garments she lent him.


14 posted on 09/24/2008 9:12:24 PM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE homo)
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To: agrarianlady; NYer; Kolokotronis
Protestants believe on one mediator between God and Man (the Lord Jesus Christ)

+Paul actually says man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). The whole verse is actually a perfect example of +Paul's treatment of Jesus as not being equal to the Father.


30 posted on 09/25/2008 8:07:24 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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