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To: TotusTuus
"I can't see it - it wouldn't look right".

Or as Mammy said in Gone With the Wind, "It ain't fittin, it just ain't fittin." Same as the Holy Spirit as feminine, which is something the liberals tried to foist on us. So if the Holy Spirit is feminine and Mary conceived of the Holy Spirit then.....it ain't fittin, it just ain't fittin. There is something not right about it and you do't have to be a theologian to sense it. Plus I think of a woman priest who is pregnat saying Mass. Hmmm that seems like some really garbled symbolism.

18 posted on 07/14/2002 5:53:49 PM PDT by Theresa
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To: Theresa
There is something not right about it and you don't have to be a theologian to sense it.

"The word of God is addressed to all people, in every age and in every part of the world; and the human being is by nature a philosopher."

ENCYCLICAL LETTER FIDES ET RATIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON

I thought there was a comment in there about everybody being a theologian at heart. Maybe there is. I'll have to read it through again sometime. Close enough for government work!

39 posted on 07/15/2002 4:41:31 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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To: Theresa
Same as the Holy Spirit as feminine,...

Oh yes, Holy Sophia or some such chimera. I don't have my research tools here, but if I recall my greek well enough, the greek word pneuma, (english = spirit) carries the neuter indefinite article. Except when used in Holy Scripture referring to the Holy Spirit where the masculine, not feminine, indefinite article is used. I'm 99% sure this is correct. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Sophia is latin for 'wisdom'.

41 posted on 07/15/2002 5:52:07 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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