On a natural level, what force equals that of momma bear? How much greater the Mother of God?
“On a natural level, what force equals that of momma bear? How much greater the Mother of God?”
Well, I knew a guy who stopped one with a 30-30, although it was from about 10 feet and he was knocked over by the corpse. So I guess a 30-30 rifle is a force greater than that of a momma bear.
What does that have to do with Mary? Was she packing a 375 H&H Magnum?
My problem with Mariology is that in Scripture, Jesus had multiple chances to exalt or praise his mother - and He always passed on it.
Mary disappears after Pentecost, so presumably this miraculous event took place before Acts was written. I have a hard time believing that Paul wouldn’t mention it when defending his Apostleship, or Luke mention it somewhere as evidence of the truth.
To me, it reads like one of the spurious gospels or ‘Acts’ of Apostle XZY.
As for Holy Tradition - is it “God-breathed” as Scripture is? If so, where is it written down so all may know exactly what God breathed, and didn’t?
The Church Fathers had a LOT of disagreements. It makes it tough for me to accept ‘tradition’ as God-breathed.
However, as long as it doesn’t CONTRADICT scripture, I don’t really care. Let God straighten His servants out on His schedule. OTOH, if someone wants to impose it on me for salvation, then we have a fight.
The Orthodox Church seems willing to let God deal with me on His schedule. That is something I respect. Scripture doesn’t tell me the fate of Mary. When scripture is silent, tradition is free to speak.