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To: Lancey Howard

There has been a strong effort by many in the Catholic church to have Mary declared to be the co-redeemer with Christ. That sounds like worship to me.


65 posted on 06/13/2011 5:30:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Yes it does. I suspect a lot of that is simply out of ignorance. I once heard that some people actually pray to Mary, and others even pray to statues of saints, etc.! I don't know what religion that is, but it definitely is not Christianity. In Christianity we pray only to God, in the manner that Jesus taught.

FRegards,
LH

68 posted on 06/13/2011 5:37:46 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"That sounds like worship to me."

That just sounds like limited language skills to me. "Co" does not means an equal. Mary is singled out by the the Church because of the extraordinary way she cooperated in our redemption.

We who call our selves Christians are all called to be co-redeemers to one degree or another. St. Paul suggests we are all called to be co-redeemers with Christ when he says that even our sufferings can be added to what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ, for the sake of His Body the Church (Col 1:24).

76 posted on 06/13/2011 6:10:28 PM PDT by Natural Law (For God so loved the world He did not send a book.)
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