The truth is that the first icon was painted by the Gospel writer Luke.An unsupported legend, hardly verifiable truth. Quite unlikely considering the prohibition of the second commandment.
Mariology is woven into the Church's history and was integral to the early Church.The early church is totaly silent on the various Marian heresies for the first 400 years or so years until the apocharyphal pagan transitus Marie writings appear and are condemned by the Church but later brought in. See 2 Pet 2
The evidence is entrirely lacking to support any of your assertions. The entire NT does not record Mary playing any active part in the NT church! No one is praying to Her! She is not sitting on a throne, anywhere. She is not dispensing "grace" to anyone! She is not performing miracles. She is not part of the Apostolic ministry in ANY way!
Unfortunately, the church allowed heresy to influence her and let Mary became a focus for all sorts of nonsense 500 YEARS after the Biblical events occured! See the reference by Jesus about traditions of men.
An unsupported legend, hardly verifiable truth
Any more unverifiable as to the identity of the Gospel writers?
Mariology is woven into the Church's history and was integral to the early Church.
The early church is totaly silent on the various Marian heresies for the first 400 years or so years until the apocharyphal pagan transitus Marie writings appear and are condemned by the Church but later brought in. See 2 Pet 2
You have not answered my previous post in which I gave the example of the development and the declaration of the Trinitarian formulation which departed from earlier beliefs of the Church which were largely subordinationist. If the Trinity is valid, then why not this? It was declared by the same authority. Or do you claim the ability to pick and choose Christian doctrines with greater authority than the Ecumenical Councils?
The evidence is entrirely lacking to support any of your assertions. The entire NT does not record Mary playing any active part in the NT church! No one is praying to Her! She is not sitting on a throne, anywhere. She is not dispensing "grace" to anyone! She is not performing miracles. She is not part of the Apostolic ministry in ANY way!
The parts that Mary played were in the birth and raising of Christ, the intervention at Cana, the witnessing of the Crucifixion, and in the upper room at Pentecost.
Unfortunately, the church allowed heresy to influence her and let Mary became a focus for all sorts of nonsense 500 YEARS after the Biblical events occured! See the reference by Jesus about traditions of men.
Sola scriptura is an invention of men; so is bibliolatry. Yet if I am not mistaken, you practice both.