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To: HarleyD
to speculate that Mary somehow manufactured the genetic material of the Incarnation is speculation

True, this is why the Church never advanced this as dogma.

161 posted on 04/11/2008 7:11:07 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex

Well, this is the difference from the Catholic perspective and Protestant perspective. From the Catholic perspective they put it out for a vote as to what dogma to believe. Whatever one gets the highest vote wins. From a (true Reformed) Protestant perspective we are not allowed to speculate-at least officially. I can sit here and come up with all sorts of ideas, but in the end all I can do is shrug my shoulders and say, “It’s a mystery.” Where the Bible speak, I can speak. Where the Bible is silent, I can’t say. It may be rather anti-climaxtic but in the end we can’t formulate doctrine on things that may not be true-even if it won the most votes.


162 posted on 04/12/2008 3:11:17 AM PDT by HarleyD
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