Can you show me any part of this that is unbiblical or incorrect ? Hail Mary, Isiah 7, Matthew 1, and Luke 1.
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen. Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
First of all there is no such phrase in the bible, implied or otherwise. It is found only in the catholic church and football.
I hate to break this to you; but Mary is dead; in a grave, and awaiting the Last Trump; just as Everyone who has died in Christ is doing at this point.
From Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament on Luke 1:28:
"Highly favoured (kecharitōmenē). Perfect passive participle of charitoō and means endowed with grace (charis), enriched with grace as in Eph_1:6, non ut mater gratiae, sed ut filia gratiae (Bengel). The Vulgate gratiae plena is right, if it means full of grace which thou hast received; wrong, if it means full of grace which thou hast to bestow (Plummer). The oldest MSS. do not have Blessed art thou among women here, but in Luk_1:42."
So Protestants such as myself have no trouble with the expression "full of grace" if it is taken at face value to mean "recipient of grace." Indeed, the only two times I am aware of where the actual expression "full of grace" (plērēs charitos) occurs in the Greek New Testament are as follows:
1: John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (KJV)
2: Acts 6:8 Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. (NIV)
We obviously would not dispute the phrase in connection with Jesus, though the phrase here does not appear to be a statement of sinlessness per se (that can be demonstrated elsewhere) but of the fullness of the gifts of God the Father to God the Son.
Stephen is a different case. First, notice the difference in version. "Full of grace" is found in the physically older manuscripts, but "full of faith" in the Byzantine text. This means that the KJV and other Byzantine-based translations only apply the phrase to Jesus, but most modern translations (NIV etc) will also apply it to Stephen. But neither text tradition applies it to Mary.
So if one accepts that it applies to Stephen, then it seems to be at least possible a Greek writer could use the expression "full of grace" to describe a person who was saved from sins, a sinner. Hence Robertson's understanding that Mary was a receiver of grace, as any other redeemed sinner is also the beneficiary of God's grace.
As for "Hail Mary," this phrase is a basic term of greeting, rooted in the idea of being happy, rejoicing. It would be like the use of the British "cheers" as a form of "hello." In Matthew 28:9 Jesus greets the disciples with the same term. Clearly the disciples were not without sin, so sinlessness cannot be a guaranteed inference of the term. Nor can it be argued Jesus was using this term to direct the disciples to worship him. They would do that anyway at the mere sight of Him as the Risen Savior. But Jesus is not telling them to worship. He is telling them to rejoice, just as the angel so encouraged Mary.
Anyway, this should give you some insight to why Protestants can hold Mary in high esteem without viewing her as sinless or in the position of co-redemptrix with Christ. The Scripture simply doesn't support such ideas.
None of it is unbiblical or incorrect. Do you agree with salvation that Catholics do not pray to Mary (seeing as that was what my post was about)?
On the other hand, can you show me even one example of anyone praying/making supplication in Heaven to Mary or anyone else, much less to a crowned, enthroned Queen of Heaven?
BTW, i was referring to the actual texts in red as correct (and the Magnificate by the Spirit of God is magnificent), not your Hail Mary, Full of Grace prayer.