[Desdemona]

Why should it be, then, that ONLY what is in the bible is the word of God. The truth is that there are many more writings out there with the Holy Spirit's fingerprints on them, but because they were written after the cutoff date, they were not included. There are writings by saints which, I believe, to be Divinely inspired.

I don't believe that the bible alone is all there is to the Word of God. There's much more.

I said that's enough because the section of the Catechism here, really, does not deal with the the bible itself. That comes later.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Maybe not, but she is the only one God, through the Archangel Gabriel, asked to be the mother of His son. THAT says more than anything else. And in this case, too much tradition is there to ignore it

I am being as nice as I can to have a civil discussion. It's drizzily and chilly here so I have nothing else to do but freep.

If you will note, you brought "traditions" into the discussion.

You were the one that commented/complained on the fact that Mary was the only thing being discussed from the artilce. So I tried to change to get along. I know Mary is a touchy subject. You have also in your last post given you opinion, after you said enough. But you are also inferring that you do not want me to discuss it anymore. Fine. I know exactly where this will go if I give a rebuttal to your response. Your right, it has degenerated.

So I will go back to coming down thru the article and giving MOPIOS.

Becky