Well now isn't this revealing.....the ENTIRE knowledge of Mary and her life comes from catholic tradition...and not from the Bible....amazing confession Annalex.
So then 'anyone' can write their own rendition of the story about Mary and her life, (for that matter any Biblical person), and pass their ideas and imaginations of how they see her on thru the ranks of 'any religion' and call it truth. Then obtain the seal of approval from the leadership........draw a few pictures...form a few or various idols and icons...and there you have a new entity in which to worship.
So then how is that any different than fables and yarns passed thru the lineage of other religions who say they have their own truth and their leaderships approval as other religions also do this very thing and claim they are the only true religion. Even New Agers do this as well as Mormons and Eastern Religions.
To: annalex; metmom; Quix
we don’t teach that from the Bible but rather from the Holy Tradition whence the entire knowledge of Mary and her life comes.
Well now isn’t this revealing.....the ENTIRE knowledge of Mary and her life comes from catholic tradition...and not from the Bible....amazing confession Annalex.
So then ‘anyone’ can write their own rendition of the story about Mary and her life, (for that matter any Biblical person), and pass their ideas and imaginations of how they see her on thru the ranks of ‘any religion’ and call it truth. Then obtain the seal of approval from the leadership........draw a few pictures...form a few or various idols and icons...and there you have a new entity in which to worship.
So then how is that any different than fables and yarns passed thru the lineage of other religions who say they have their own truth and their leaderships approval as other religions also do this very thing and claim they are the only true religion. Even New Agers do this as well as Mormons and Eastern Religions.
5,649 posted on Monday, December 20, 2010 9:02:54 AM by caww
INDEED.
THX.
caww: the ENTIRE knowledge of Mary and her life comes from catholic tradition...and not from the Bible
The entire knowledge of anything to do with Jesus Christ comes from the Hoyl Tradition. Parts of it also are in the scripture otehr parts aren't. There is enough in the Holy Scripture to reasonably conclude that she was sinless all her life, but it not said directly, so I do not attempt.
So then 'anyone' can write their own rendition of the story about Mary and her life, (for that matter any Biblical person), and pass their ideas and imaginations of how they see her on thru the ranks of 'any religion' and call it truth
No, no one can, unless he lived at the same time Mary was on this earth and witnessed her life. You are referring to pious literature. The fact that Mary lived her entire life virgin is not a pious literary product, it is a historical fact.
Even New Agers do this
The difference is historicity of the miracles of Incarnation and Resurrection, and associated events, claimed by Christianity. There are many false religions that have traditions and many false religions that have scriptures. Christianity is alone that claims that her tradition is a historical fact, and therefore the scripture is a historical document, and does so credibly.