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To: GBA
Even the stories in the Bible, like Jonah in the whale, for example, are not fully accepted, but just acknowledged as stories in the Bible.

Roman Catholicism has a problem with a lot of the OT accounts such as these.

Otoh, the Catholics and the Orthodox appear to have a much richer understanding of, and participation with, the spiritual/supernatural world of the Holy Family, angels and saints.

Rome has gone way to far with this in equating goddess like powers to Mary.

In Roman Catholicism Mary has all but replaced the Holy Spirit as the Helper.

Further, Rome allows prayers to the dead, praying to departed saints, reliance upon pieces of cloth or medals for deliverance from the Hell-fire, etc. None are sanctioned in the NT.

525 posted on 06/10/2018 11:34:03 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
Rome has gone way to far with this in equating goddess like powers to Mary.

I’m probably wrong about this, but you appear to spend far too much time thinking about Rome and what you think Rome has done to your understanding.

Me personally? I’m far more interested in what “powers” Jesus and His Father graced Mother Mary with, what Jesus feels about Her and what He wants from us regarding His Mother.

To me, Mother Mary is yet another of the many Holy Mysteries that, honestly, I don’t think we are able to solve or fully understand, but are simply for us to marvel about, instead.

529 posted on 06/10/2018 11:53:01 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the matrix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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