To be fair to bb, i didn’t discern her trying to eliminate the human connection to Christ
Why, thank you, Cronos, you are a gentleman and a scholar! ;o)
“”To be fair to bb, i didn’t discern her trying to eliminate the human connection to Christ””
Not intentionally,but Christ inherited some things from Mary to become true man and it seems mitochondrial DNA is one of them, mitochondrial DNA is in our blood inherited exclusively from our mothers and can be traced back to them in our blood.
Molecular cell biology
By Harvey F. Lodish
Surprisingly, we inherit a small amount of genetic material entirely and uniquely from our mothers. This is the circular DNA present in mitochondria
And from UTEXAS
Mitochondrial sequence. Each of your cells (except red blood cells again) contains hundreds to thousands of organelles known as mitochondria. Mitochondria ultimately evolved from bacteria, and they have their own miniature chromosome. Unlike the case with your (nuclear) chromosomes, all of the mitochondria in your body are inherited from your mother – so you have a single type. The sequence of your mitochondrial DNA matches that of your mother’s mitochondrial DNA and can be used as one form of a DNA type.
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/bio301d/Topics/DNA/text.html
So,Blessed Pope Leo XIII was not really in error after all
BB, I apologize for not reading your original post as well