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To: count-your-change
“flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God”. (1 Cor. 15:50 NAB)" [...] Since Paul's words were applicable to others besides Mary why would he single her out, living or dead?

By what objective measure can the passage you quoted be considered an argument against the Assumption of Mary, since there is no direct reference? Has any reliable authority interpreted this scripture to be applicable to the Assumption of Mary? I do not see it.

2,769 posted on 12/04/2011 11:10:37 PM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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To: mas cerveza por favor
Your comment assumes the necessity of a direct references of the general to the specific. Such an assumption would mean the principles given in the Scriptures apply only to those directly addressed and named at that point. Hardly a tenable proposition.

Paul's encompassing statement of principle would include Mary just as much as his admonition about who would not inherit God's kingdom.

2,773 posted on 12/05/2011 12:40:51 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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