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To: Celtic Cross
ITS ALL BIBLICAL: ITS NOT SLAPPED TOGETHER:

Since I only quote from the Bible, this is NOT off topic!

That the book of Revelation has Mary misrepresented in Revelation 12. The women in Rev 12 being with child IS ISRAEL, because Israel has the genealogy of Messiah, not the Catholics.

Rev 12+Mary is a private interpretation by a group of like minded interpreters...

Rev 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that re written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out the the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

For in that HE died, HE died unto sin ONCE: but in that HE liveth, HE liveth unto God. Romans 6:10

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

47 posted on 05/20/2011 2:50:03 PM PDT by bibletruth
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To: bibletruth

bible truth:

Catholic Theology sees the Woman in Revelation 12 to mean the Church, Israel and Mary, and because the Catholic Church has a much deeper theological depth to Scripture than Fundies like Camp and most American rural Protestants, the Catholic Church’s interpretation of Scripture capture the more theological meanings that The “private interpretations” of Fundalmentalist Protestants.

As for Mary being interpreted as the Woman of Revelation 12, as early as St. Epiphanius of Salamis [circa 320 to 403 AD], Mary was interpreted as being the Woman of Revelation 12 [that is 1100 years before the Protestantism].

The parallel between Mary and the Church is found with St. Ambrose in the 4th century as well as St. Augustine, St. Clement of Alexandria, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Pope Gregory the Great, who all lived in the Patristic Period, and thus these Church Fathers also can be seen as providing evidence of Revelation 12 meaning Mary as the Mary-Church link was often made by the Church Fathers.

So your interpretation regarding Revelation 12 is not accepted by the consensus of the great theologians of the early Church. In fact, your Fundamentalist “bibletruth” interpretation is refuted time and time again.


60 posted on 05/20/2011 5:29:04 PM PDT by CTrent1564
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