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To: Tired of Taxes; free_life
What utter nonsense and injecting meaning that isn't there. No where in the word Kecharitomene can the word "filled" or "full" be extracted or inferred. The Holy Spirit did describe only two people to have been "full" of grace and they were Jesus and Stephen. If He had meant to infer that Mary was "full of grace" He would have used the same descriptive language and words as He did for Jesus and Stephen.

Nor was the grace given to Mary of a "of a unique kind" as we are "freely given" that grace as well.

Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

The construct that Mary was "full of grace" or special in any way regarding grace is a construct totally made up by the Catholic Church and is false.

453 posted on 12/11/2014 11:03:12 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear
Here's another link.

The term used for Stephen is plērēs charitos, meaning "full of grace at that moment."

The term used for Mary is kecharitomene!, meaning "one who's always been filled with grace."

I was asked where in Scripture the Catholic Church has interpreted Mary as being born without Original Sin. I'm pointing out where.

462 posted on 12/11/2014 11:24:42 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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