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To: Forest Keeper; jo kus

you are saying that Mary could have sinned, but all through her life she chose not to...

Correct, that is the teaching of the Gree Church and the Latin Church, the details of which are a source of one of the major theological disagreements between us and the Latins and its roots are in +Augustine's concept of the "original sin."

2,680 posted on 02/15/2006 3:39:32 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)

2,683 posted on 02/15/2006 3:44:45 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)

To: kosta50; jo kus; annalex

FK: "you are saying that Mary could have sinned, but all through her life she chose not to..."

Correct, that is the teaching of the Greek Church and the Latin Church, the details of which are a source of one of the major theological disagreements between us and the Latins and its roots are in +Augustine's concept of the "original sin."

OK, thanks. Kosta, if you do not believe in original sin, then I actually have more respect for your position, because it seems to me to be more consistent. I do agree with the Catholics about the existence of original sin, but I see no pass for Mary in scripture over this hurdle. If there is no original sin, then I suppose anyone COULD go through life and never choose to sin.

2,779 posted on 02/18/2006 12:30:57 AM PST by Forest Keeper

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