That one is easy. Just as when the Scriptures referred to Rome as Babylon it was not yet the center of Catholicism but still in Roman hands, when Jesus said those words to the people there were not yet any people that were called father other than their own natural fathers.
Mat 19:29 carries the same sense, I think. Give up your patrimony, forsake your earthly inheritance.
There is no mediator between man and God but Christ Jesus.
No argument from me on that one. Mary's prayers, and anyone else's, on my behalf are most welcomed however.
Lent was good. I didn't peek. My wife freeped but didn't read to me.
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Sure, Peter knew the church at Rome was called Babylon, 30 years before John put a name to it Revelations, huh?
That’s really weak, but had it ever occurred to you, that the reason no one had been called “father” prior to when your Church began doing it, was because no one had the nerve to completely ignore Christ written word and do what you wanted to do, since you feel your above the scripture.
I would have loved to be sitting in the Church the first time a priest read Matthew 23:9, and everyone started looking around at each other. Lol
No argument from me on that one. Mary's prayers, and anyone else's, on my behalf are most welcomed however.,/I>
What proof can you share with us, showing that Mary is able to communicate your prayers to anyone?
Are you saying now that she has no power to answer prayers, only take them to the Lord?
Do you believe she is omnipresent? How else could she listen to the millions of daily prayers, and then organize them, and take them to God and explain what so and so needs?
Have you thought how ridiculous this sounds?
JH :-)
You'll note that this verse doesn't say "no mediatrix". ;o)