[CynicalBear]

>>The traditional translation, “full of grace,” is better than the one found in many recent versions of the New Testament, which give something along the lines of “highly favored daughter.”<<

Well, let’s go to the Greek interlinear. [http://interlinearbible.org/luke/1-28.htm]

“favored one”. That doesn’t even include the inserted “highly” or “full of” that the RCC likes to inject.

Then maybe you would say the King James is a “recent version”?

Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

>>In fact, Catholics hold<<

Catholics can “hold” anything they want. If it doesn’t agree with or can’t be found in scripture I’m not going to risk my eternal future on what “Catholics hold”.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

—I’m not going to risk my eternal future on what “Catholics hold”.—

If it comes down to your interpretation of Scripture or the traditional interpretation of the Church — the Church that Christ founded, the church to which Jesus commands us to take our disputes, the church that Scripture calls “the pillar and foundation of truth,” well, I will choose the latter.

[Salvation]

**Catholics can “hold” anything they want. If it doesn’t agree with or can’t be found in scripture I’m not going to risk my eternal future on what “Catholics hold”.**

But this IS in Scripture. Luke 1:25 and onward!