To: George W. Bush
One superstitious ancient theologian does not a uniform consensus of the church fathers for the sinlessness and ascension of Mary make. The keys to the kingdom were not given to the Church Fathers, they were given to Peter. What the magisterium declares as fact, is fact. What the Fathers thought does not fall under the power to bind and loose on earth/in heaven. The only uniform consensus that matters is between Peter and God.
223 posted on
02/26/2007 7:38:37 AM PST by
Rutles4Ever
(Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
To: Rutles4Ever
The keys to the kingdom were not given to the Church Fathers, they were given to Peter. What the magisterium declares as fact, is fact. What the Fathers thought does not fall under the power to bind and loose on earth/in heaven. The only uniform consensus that matters is between Peter and God.
Accepting that as a point for debate, then why did Peter fail to clearly speak to the issue of Mary's sinlessness and ascension? Why did the popes fail to pronounce Mary's sinlessness and ascension for so many centuries?
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