To: Warlord
She will be called blessed by every generation, as you have cited. But Jesus gave her to the care of John as his "mother", to care for her as Jesish custom dictated. Not as the mother of Christians - that concept is unsupported and faulty.
810 posted on
04/01/2005 12:51:35 PM PST by
sbrogden
(Test ALL things, hold on to that which is True)
To: sbrogden
Because you say so? I just feel sorry for you - not because you don't believe as Catholics believe - but that you contradict us with almost zero theological understanding of the Bible you quote.
To: sbrogden
that concept is unsupported and faulty. broad statements like that are not helpful here. actually the majority of christians in the world do support that concept - it's just that there are an aweful lot that do not as well.
To: sbrogden
"But Jesus gave her to the care of John as his "mother", to care for her as Jewish custom dictated. Not as the mother of Christians - that concept is unsupported and faulty."
Would Jesus make such a mundane charge from the cross as he approached death? He said words to the effect of "Son, behold your Mother; Mother, behold your Son" from the Cross. The words were recorded in the Gospels, which generally are silent on the mundane day-to-day activities of Jesus and the Apostles. The more expansive interpretation is a better reading.
871 posted on
04/01/2005 1:04:52 PM PST by
Warlord
To: sbrogden
Jesus, the God-Man, came to share our humanity and to redeem it. We are all to consider ourselves brothers and sisters of Jesus. Jesus' mother was the Virgin Mother. Take it or leave it from there.
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