Mary simply followed the will of God and could have rejected it just like you and I do when we sin.
God eternally knew Mary would follow perfection,thus the Incarnation was perfection of Mary following the will of God
Why do you cheapen the Incarnation as if Christ had to be Incarnated with a sinful Mother?
“Perhaps Athanasius recognized the Incarnation for what is was: God’s mighty act, not God’s with Mary’s help.
Mary simply followed the will of God and could have rejected it just like you and I do when we sin.
God eternally knew Mary would follow perfection,thus the Incarnation was perfection of Mary following the will of God
Why do you cheapen the Incarnation as if Christ had to be Incarnated with a sinful Mother?”
If the Lord says all fall short of the Glory of God, who are you to tell Him he is wrong, that there was one who didn’t fall short?
Sorry, but the word says it, and that settles it. At least for me.
Sorry, but Mary was a remarkable woman who made a big sacrifice. She was labeled a slut by her neighbors for most or all of her life because she was pregnant before marriage. I gather even Joseph couldn’t convince them of the truth.
But she was still a normal woman chosen by God to bare Jesus.
Did it occur to you that for Him to be fully man, He had to be born of an ordinary woman?
Cheapen it? Far from it! It is, as stated before, a Mighty Act of God and God alone! The results of which have been felt thoughout time. The Creator of the World born a sinless Man of a virgin to redeem the sins of all men ever, the Author of the universe, nailed to a tree to die for those sins, then rose again and destroyed the enemies of man, sin, death, and power of the devil. Author of one's faith, the same faith by which we are justified and made heirs/sons of God to reign with Him forever. Into this saving work of Christ alone, Catholics insert Mary, and I cheapen it?