[metmom]

The doctrines relating to Mary came later because the challenges to the person of Jesus came later. Was He truly Man and truly God? All of the Marian doctrines are directly related to the truth of Jesus as the Christ and as the second person of the Holy Trinity.

The church would have done better addressing the errors in doctrine of who Jesus was by better teaching, than inventing stuff about Mary that has no Scriptural support.

All that did was end up leading into more error and deception. The focus needs to be on Jesus. HE'S the one who died for us and is named above above every name in heaven and on earth.

[Jvette]

*****All that did was end up leading into more error and deception.*****

That there is error and deception is an opinion held by those who reject Christ’s Church as the protector of the Deposit of Faith.

I understand why there are those who feel that way, there have always been people outside the Church who thought they knew Truth yet didn’t. Pride.