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To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes.

And Eve wasn’t innocent, she chose sin and begat all in that sin.


121 posted on 12/10/2012 1:18:12 PM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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To: ctdonath2
I'm not sure what you mean. "Yes" what?

Eve, when she came into being, was fully human and without sin. She's --- at that point --- Primordial Eve. Innocent Eve. She didn't become guilty until she committed a transgression.

Before the sin, Innocent Eve 1.0 had a sound, unflawed human nature.

If Mary had a sin-scarred human nature, then she would have been inferior in nature to Eve.

It was not the Savior's intention to be born to, and therefore inherit the nature of, someone who was sin-scarred and inferior. It was his intention to be born to a woman who was "completely filled with grace" -- which was what the Archangel called Mary. In Greek, "Kecharitomene."(Luke 1:28)

He went on to say "Blessed art thou amoing women." (Luke 1:29). This does not indicate that Many had a sin-scarred nature, or that she was just a stunted, run-of-the-mill woman. It indicates that she was full of grace.

The title "Kecharitomene" indicates that she had an unscarred nature, just like Eve's was before the Fall.

This doesn't make her superhuman. It makes her human - like Eve was before she disfigured her nature by sinning.

140 posted on 12/11/2012 2:33:14 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Evidence, and reasonable inference from evidence.)
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