[impimp1]

Well that is great. That means he (Quix) believes many of the the theological statements declared by Catholic Pope and Bishops that are not expressly stated in the Bible.

This means that he could theoretically be open to the Assumption of Mary.

[metmom]

Whatever happened to COURTESY pings?????????

You’ve been here long enough to know.

[Cronos]

Bluntly, no, those two do not go hand in hand -- I'm a Catholic and believe in it, yet I'll respect a fellow Trinitarian in NOT, just as I expect the fellow Trinitarian to respect my beliefs as long as we acknowledge the basics (Nicene Creed).

We argue about it, but as long as he believes in the Trinity and Christ's divinity, that marks Quix as Christian.

Even for us Catholics, the core beliefs are on Christ's divinity -- if you are to help a dying man, you teach him to call on Christ as His Lord and God. The rest is not critical to his salvation -- and this is not just me saying this, but it is Church teaching on what are the utter fundamentals of our faith and what other bits describe our faith. All the various aspect of mary only point out the power, glory and divinty of our Lord and all are JUST LIKE HER, pointing to Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Quix acknowledges that Jesus Christ is Lord, God and Savior. He acknowledges that Jesus is 100% God and 100% Man. He believes in miracles happening today and the power of the Holy Spirit to work wonders. He believes in a loving, Christian God that wants us to come to Him yet gives us the choice to freely choose Him. All of these beliefs of Quix's by any factual definition means that he, Quix, is undeniably Christian and Trinitarian in belief

[Quix]

It is conceivable
to me
That God could have done with Mary's body
as He did with Moses' body.

It's NOT conceivable to me that Mary was a perpetual virgin; ascended into Heaven without dying; ascended into Heaven to be Queen of Heaven etc. etc. etc.