There are some very anti-biblical things posted there, ie: mary being the mother and we’re supposed to revere her and woship? Mary had quite a few children, Jesus was just the first, he had brothers/sisters. The only head of the church is Christ, no man can fill that place or speak for God, Christ interceded for us all, and the only hope of salvation is but through him, there’s a lot of man-made rules that got tossed in and in these days, it’s time to trim down and trust the word of God which is the holy bible. No other book has any authority from God, that is against the word of God as well.
It is NOT a call to “worship” Mary. These last words of Christ from the Cross are from the VERY GOSPELS that you make reference to. What this thread is all about it is just a meditation during Holy of the last seven words of Christ. The part about Mary and John is that the former was the first Christian disciple as well as Jesus’s command to John to take care of his mother.
It’s a Catholic website.
**supposed to revere Mary**
What did Jesus do? He went with his parnets to Nazareth and was OBEDIENT to them......so he did respect/revere his Mother.
**Mary had quite a few children**
Not true.....I hope you will stop believing the anti-Catholic propaganda you are being fed. “Brothers is used for the word brethren — if you study the Greek and Latin — that refers to cousins. There were no brothers. Even Luther, Calvin and Zwingli agreed with the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (I’ll post those links in the next box.)
**The only head of the church is Christ,**
You are right.........Christ is the head of the Catholic Church too. However, he was smart enough to know that He was going to die, and so he chose a leader — Peter. Please see the apologetics threads I have been posting on this subject.
**Christ interceded for us all**
Christ died for all men’s sins........many choose not to believe......we ask the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints to pray for us............not die for us like Christ did.
**man-made rules**
Don’t you live by man-made rules — stop at red lights, not kill someone with a gun? These rules are guidlines......just like other rules.
I hope and pray you can open your mind to accept a little bit more of the truth. Have a blessed Easter.
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
There are some very anti-biblical things posted there, ie: mary being the mother...Really? Who is the Mother of Our Lord then? What sect or denomination do you adhere to?
Our Canadian FRiend Bulwyf asks what he needs to do to be saved? He thinks the Catholic faith fails the tests he seems to have against the Holy Writ. He claims no creed, no sect, no denomination, or so he says.
Feel free to help educate him as to what the Church does and does NOT believe regards salvation.