Posted on 12/06/2006 4:29:58 PM PST by HAL9000
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ROME (AP) - Vatican archaeologists have unearthed a sarcophagus believed to contain the remains of the Apostle Paul that had been buried beneath Rome's second largest basilica.The sarcophagus, which dates back to at least A.D. 390, has been the subject of an extended excavation that began in 2002 and was completed last month, the project's head said this week.
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Mary rejoices in God her Savior. She acknowledges that she needed to be saved from sin.
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That is always a good practice but if you're going to be honest about that you will have to acknowledge that they did not teach that Mary was sinless or was assumed into Heaven.
What did she need to be saved from if she did not commit sins?
I know.. I just wanted somebody(else) to say it so the lurkers could consider the ramifications of it..
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According to Catholic belief...Mary did not carry the burden of Original Sin...the burden that the rest of humanity carries.
In Catholicism, she is considered to be the only pure human being ever.
OOOOOoops , I forgot that the grail lineage is not PC! ( sarc). Why elese would they be derching for the bones but to have a new novel? Its perfect, the bones glowin the dark as several sleuths conive to steal the bones, trace their keepers of ancient lineage, and read to secret codex of the lost epistle of Paul, that was kept secret but for initiates of the Order of the Glowing Sarcophagous?
Oh the propaganda that men decompose!
But Mary herself claims that she needed a Savior (as every human being other than Christ does).
Mary was a Jew...of COURSE she wanted a Messiah.
No. Catholicism teaches that Jesus Christ was a pure (i.e. sinless) human being, and that Mary's sinlessness was due to Christ.
-A8
A Jesuetical fine point I will grant.
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"...it is a Catholic belief that Mary ascended into Heaven, just like her Son."
Actually it is the belief of both Orthodox and Catholic Christians that Mary WAS ASSUMED into heaven.
She did not ascend like her Son.
No, hosepipe...it is a Catholic belief that Mary ascended into Heaven, just like her Son. The belief is that she was the only totally pure human being.
The Catholic church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption.
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alas... although you did use AP instead of Pravda (six of one...):
Vatican archaeologists unearth St. Paul's tomb
Pravda | December 6, 2006
Posted on 12/06/2006 9:18:21 AM EST by NYer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1749237/posts
How else would that tradition have started? BTW Mary's home in Ephesus is still an honored site, even by the Muslims who live there, who honor Mary as the mother of Jesus.
well anyway I like it
what is the difference between "assumed" (taken up) and ascention? (moving upward)
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