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To: freedumb2003; MamaB
So God didn't have the power to absolve her as has been described in Catholic canons? Wow, omnipotence is so limiting...

That statement shows a gross misunderstanding of sin and redemption. God cannot look on sin. It cannot be absolved. It can be forgiven with the shedding of blood.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

If God could have simply absolved Mary's sin, He could do it for everyone. Then there would have been no need for Jesus to die.

127 posted on 12/05/2010 7:21:48 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

>>If God could have simply absolved Mary’s sin, He could do it for everyone. Then there would have been no need for Jesus to die.<<

Not quite. He needed a sinless vessel to bring the Savior. And Jesus’ life and death were much more than a simple exemption for Original Sin (although that was an important aspect). Jesus HAD to be born of a virgin, live as a man, then die as a martyr for God to save all of mankind.

Else nothing else would make sense.

Linear logic doesn’t apply in the case of the Divine Tapestry.


135 posted on 12/05/2010 7:26:26 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Lt. Drebin: Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.)
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