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To: Elsie

Okay. I’ll help you again:

Despite the early Church’s well-known CLAIM of preserving, treasuring, and venerating the bodies (or parts of bodies, i.e., relics) of John the Baptist, the apostles, martyrs, and other saints, there is a total absence of any CLAIMED relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary from history BECAUSE...


175 posted on 11/22/2014 5:52:36 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan; Elsie

She was just the mother of the son of God at that time. No need for veneration or knowledge of her after the mention of her in Acts 1 where she is listed along with her other
sons, the brothers of our Lord, who became cousins to aline with the claim of her being a perpetual virgin.

It was 300 plus years later when she became the mother of God that all the special attributes and veneration became necessary. By then, nobody could remember where she ended her days and/or what happened to her remains.

All is not lost. With no relics, we can claim she was assumed into heaven. Our religion is not based on scripture alone as we proudly boast. Jesus is the head of our church but He gave Peter and his successors the right to be the teaching authority. We call that the magisterium. Anything they decide is as if God said it. For all practical purpose, it is our God.

Hope this is of help, BVB


176 posted on 11/22/2014 9:45:51 AM PST by Bobsvainbabblings
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To: Arthur McGowan
Despite the early Church’s well-known CLAIM of preserving, treasuring, and venerating the bodies (or parts of bodies, i.e., relics) of John the Baptist, the apostles, martyrs, and other saints, there is a total absence of any CLAIMED relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary from history BECAUSE...

No one in the EARLY church considered her that important.

179 posted on 11/22/2014 11:47:18 AM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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