[Mrs. Don-o]

Good grief, BipolarBob. No need to accuse me of imbalance. I was specifically *asked* for a list of Catholic authors writing about feminine typology in the OT. That request was at #263

That's why it's all about Mary. It was a specific request. If I were asked about seafood in the OT, the links would all be about finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny, finny fish.

Your concept of "Mary defeats Satan single-handedly,"

--- is not Biblical, and is not reflected in these readings. Where did you get that?

And "Eve thrown under the bus"?? By no means. The Bible says that the Lord descended into hell (by this is meant not the fiery-eternal hell of the demons, but, more generally, the abode of the dead) to save those therein, and when the Lord ascended up he "led captivity captive." I understand this to mean that everyone who died from Adam and Eve, to Christ's ascension, were given an opportunity to hear the Gospel and follow and thus receive from His merciful hands the gift of salvation.

So... hmm.... "Eve under the bus." Whee in the word did you get that??

[BipolarBob]

The New Eve is also the "Virgin Mother." She is "Mother," because God speaks of her "seed," that is, of her son, and of her offspring (in the collective sense: cf. Rev 12:17): "I will put enmity … between your seed and her seed." She is Virgin, because there is not even a hint here of a husband of the "woman," who might be the father of the son of the "woman." The New Eve is Co-redemptrix as well, because this is implicit in her enmity to Satan, the very same enmity which she shares with her Son, the New Adam, Redeemer in relation to Satan’s seed: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed." Such enmity entails hard struggle and victory for the Redeemer and Co-redemptrix against the serpent: "She shall crush your head, while you shall lie in wait for her heel," God said to the serpent (16).

[BipolarBob]

In the person of Mary, in fact, the second Eve will, in no manner, be imprudent and foolish as was the first Eve.

No siree, not our Blessed Mary. Co-Redemtrix? Crushing the head of the snake? Jesus is the Redeemer and He crushed the snakes head. Not our Blessed Mary. This over gushing over Mary is not in the Bible. Rev. 12 is not about Mary. There is NO example of anyone praying to Mary. I could go on and on about the mountain of literature you posted but . . . good grief.

[Elsie]

--- is not Biblical, and is not reflected in these readings. Where did you get that?

Do you REALLY want to go here?

[Elsie]

 

The Bible says that the Lord descended into hell (by this is meant not the fiery-eternal hell of the demons, but, more generally, the abode of the dead)

 

Whew!!

I'm glad THIS is explained!

[Elsie]

I understand this to mean that everyone who died from Adam and Eve, to Christ's ascension, were given an opportunity to hear the Gospel and follow and thus receive from His merciful hands the gift of salvation.

No
no
NO!!!

This is what the Mormon dead dunking (derisive term) is for!!!