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A WOMAN AND A DRAGON (Catholic Caucus)
Mark Mallett ^ | July 27, 2011 | Mark Mallett

Posted on 07/31/2011 6:10:35 AM PDT by NYer

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1 posted on 07/31/2011 6:10:38 AM PDT by NYer
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...

A Sunday reflection ping.


2 posted on 07/31/2011 6:11:30 AM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: NYer

Fascinating, thanks for posting.


3 posted on 07/31/2011 6:28:32 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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an awesome catholic gift to the world from God....


4 posted on 07/31/2011 6:30:42 AM PDT by raygunfan
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To: NYer

Thank you


5 posted on 07/31/2011 6:56:03 AM PDT by tiki
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To: NYer

Very interesting. This is good walk “with seven-league boots” through a rich tapestry of material. It’s interesting also to note the increased interest in the state of the present dominant worldviews of our times. I suspect many more will read this post than will comment on its substance. It’s jaw-dropping for many to realize how wide-spread the present state-religion actually is, how it can be compared to a damp thick fog, one that can’t be kept out of one’s own house.


6 posted on 07/31/2011 7:52:04 AM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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To: NYer

Very interesting, I was unaware of the images in the eyes. Thanks for the ping.


7 posted on 07/31/2011 8:28:31 AM PDT by reaganaut ( "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: Prospero

This thread is fascinating.
Thank you!!!


8 posted on 07/31/2011 8:28:43 AM PDT by Radagast the Fool ("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
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To: NYer

Thank you for posting this.


9 posted on 07/31/2011 9:06:01 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: NYer

Fantastic detail in this article. Great find....thanks so much.


10 posted on 07/31/2011 9:58:25 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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11 posted on 07/31/2011 10:03:28 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: NYer

God is Great!! Praise Jesus and hail Mary!!


12 posted on 07/31/2011 11:23:40 AM PDT by johngrace
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“That’s beautiful. Who painted it?” Hillary Clinton upon viewing the tilma while on a visit to Mexico.

Idiots and liberals never see the hand of God.


13 posted on 07/31/2011 12:56:32 PM PDT by Jvette
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“That’s beautiful. Who painted it?” Hillary Clinton upon viewing the tilma while on a visit to Mexico.

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I loved the deadpan response the bishop (?) gave to Hillary.

“God...”


15 posted on 07/31/2011 1:40:12 PM PDT by reaganaut ("I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: reaganaut

The truth of which is lost on her.


16 posted on 07/31/2011 1:48:21 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: Former Fetus
I believe the woman of Rev. 12:1-2 represents Israel, not Mary.

There are those who also believe the woman represents the Church. The problem with your view, however, is that Israel did not bear witness to Jesus as the Son of God. Remember that the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation) is apocalyptic literature unique to the first century. Thus, it is full of symbolism which has multiple meanings. Therefore, it is common for one symbol to represent more than one thing. The woman clothed with the sun is the Virgin Mary, and so the verse should be principally interpreted as such. This is demonstrated by Rev. 12:17, where the devil goes to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who bear testimony to Jesus. This makes Mary the mother of all Christians.

Since Mary is the mother of the Church, we can say that the woman, on a secondary level, represents the Church, which is the New Israel. This is why John writes about her pangs of travail, which are symbolic for those who are being formed in the Church of Jesus Christ. So, this literature provides us multiple meanings, but there is generally a principal meaning and a secondary meaning; in this case, the woman is the Blessed Virgin Mary, the same "woman" who God said would crush the head of the serpent in Gen. 3:15. Because she is such a danger to satan, satan tried to kill her even after the Savior was born (Rev. 12:13).

17 posted on 07/31/2011 2:01:20 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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The default religion of humans involves human sacrifice.

Judiasm and Christianity changed that.

With the advent of Materialism,scientism, et al..The culture has returned to it's default “religious practices” all the while denying God.

18 posted on 07/31/2011 2:01:34 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: reaganaut; Jvette

"Who painted it?" Clinton asked.

"God," the rector replied.

"You have a marvelous virgin," Clinton tells Mexicans

19 posted on 07/31/2011 2:07:06 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: NYer

I forgot about that second bit of idiocy.


20 posted on 07/31/2011 2:27:42 PM PDT by Jvette
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