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To: BipolarBob
When you go beyond the bounds of what is revealed in Scripture (Marys sinlessness, Immaculate Conception and eternal virginity), then you trainwreck over the cliff into an abyss of speculation and fantasyland which does not please or honor God.

All of those truths about Mary ARE taught in Scripture, as shown in BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER by Tim Staples.

376 posted on 08/19/2015 2:00:37 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan; BipolarBob
BPB >>When you go beyond the bounds of what is revealed in Scripture (Marys sinlessness, Immaculate Conception and eternal virginity), then you trainwreck over the cliff into an abyss of speculation and fantasyland which does not please or honor God.

AG: All of those truths about Mary ARE taught in Scripture, as shown in BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER by Tim Staples.

No direct or categorical and stringent proof of the dogma can be brought forward from Scripture.

http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6056

Yet catholics perpetuate this false teaching in spite of this fact.

Eternal virginity: Also denied by Scripture in that Mary and Joseph had other children after Jesus was born. Paul records in Galatians 1:19 he visited James, the Lord's brother.

Matthew 1:25 notes Joseph kept her a virgin until she gave birth to Christ. If he didn't then Paul is a liar in his writing above.

If roman catholicism really believed Mary was an eternal virign they would have included the Protoevangelium of James in their canon when they had the chance at Trent. That they didn't is telling.

So there we have repudiation by Scripture of these roman catholic claims regarding Mary.

Maybe if Tim Staples knew a little Greek, knew how to read Scripture in context and ditched the contradictory writings of the ECFs he might see this.

Sadly, roman catholicism will continue to advance further false teachings on Mary when the Fifth Marian dogma is given the ok.

There just isn't enough support for it just yet.....yet.

379 posted on 08/19/2015 2:54:39 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Arthur McGowan
All of those truths about Mary ARE taught in Scripture, as shown in BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER by Tim Staples.

Tim Staples is a master of eisegesis. A person without Marian presuppositions is not going to find Biblical support for the uniquely Catholic positions on Mary.

382 posted on 08/19/2015 3:21:21 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

“All of those truths about Mary ARE taught in Scripture, as shown in BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER by Tim Staples. “

Arthur, I take you as sincere in your beliefs.
I will also assume Tim Staples is sincere.

Sincerity isn’t reason to add to the Scriptures. None of those doctrines are taught in the Scriptures. They were added as paganism crept into the church in Rome.


385 posted on 08/19/2015 3:24:13 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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