Posted on 08/15/2013 7:03:11 PM PDT by annalex
Once a woman in the crowd surrounding Christ and His disciples cries out to Him:
Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. (Luke 11:27)
What is it? We have, clearly, an act of venerating Mary. Note that the Blessed Virgin is venerated properly: not on her own but as the mother of Christ. Yet the reason for venerating is indeed concerning: it is her physiological and physiologically unique relationship with Jesus that is emphasized. That is not yet paganism with its crude theories of gods giving birth to other gods, but it is lacking proper focus and Jesus corrects it:
Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. (Luke 11:28)
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| The Virgin with the Child on her knees and a prophet pointing at the star. Catacomb of Priscilla, late 2nd c. Source |
Having gotten past this linguistic hurdle, we can understand clearly what this passage, Luke 11:27-28, does: it establishes veneration of saints based not on their blood relation to Christ but on their obedience to God. It is in that sense that we venerate Our Lady: given that Christ is the Word of God personified, she heard and kept both Him in person as her Child and His teaching, figuratively. In Mary the essence of sainthood is seen in the flesh as well as in the mind. We could say that by the late second century at the latest, when we find evidence of the veneration of both the prophets and the Mother of God in the catacombs, the two reasons to venerate a saint: his martyrdom as in the case of Polycarp, or his obedience to the Word, as in Mary, -- unite into a single practice.
About Catholic doctrine; evidently.
The angel shows up and tells her how it’s going to be.
Mary’s stating “May your word to me be fulfilled.” is NOT an acceptance of a choice given her.
Gab was relaying a message from GOD: period.
After three days, Jesus sent a man named Ananias to restore Paul’s sight.
When Ananias hesitated because of Paul’s destructive reputation, Jesus made it clear that Paul was now God’s servant.
“The Lord said to Ananias, ‘Go! This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel”
—Acts 9:15
That Catholic doctrine is trinitarian and the protests about Mary are a cover for Arianism other doctrines that reject the doctrine of the Incarnation.
Rome/CC is all about confusion, complications and untruths.
Luther, doing the will of The Father, exposed them for being counterfeit/teaching untruths and he's been a thorn in their side every since.
That Catholic doctrine is their own and it's meant to oppose God's Word and it does. HIS WORD is the final authority. Not man's word.
If HIS WORD isn't one's final authority - then they don't belong to HIM because they listen and obey 'another'. Satan has his own kingdom disguised as 'religious' and w/all the words and pomp to deceive.
That, with respect, Protestantism has not done honestly.
Mary was not protected from all sin, but only from original sin — a wholly different category.
Secondly, she could have lawfully declined at the Annunciation as any woman may. That would not have been a sin.
For purity, we do our part and God does His part, for we are sentient human beings with free will.
That would have been the first time a woman gave birth to a "side".
Regarding the version, the same question can be put of the Holy Scripture. I gave the link to newagvent.org where I found the translation. Here is is again.
Yes, honey, we had bad popes and probably will have bad popes some more.
Yes, so this is exactly the pattern of veneration of saints today. It is not a requirement, but a spontaneous expression of faith in life eternal granted to Catholic and Orthodox Christians by Jesus Christ. It is also significant that Jesus augments and corrects the manner of veneration, but does not stop the veneration itself.
We can speculate whether He would have stopped a spontaneous veneration of Judas, but the Holy Scripture does not record such an incident, but instead records this one, for our instruction. Let us learn.
Jesus was/is unique. The God part of Him had no mother. To say Mary is the Mother of God is blasphemy. God has no mother, neither beginning nor end. I am sure you are a nice person with good intentions.
So says the judgmental papist.
Jesus is God.
Mary is Jesus' mother.
Mary is the Mother of God.
Pretty simple.
Was Jesus ever man? Was He ever born like man? Did He die like man? Can man kill God?
Mary is the Mother of God. Pretty simple.
Simple minded. God has no mother, beginning nor end. I guess you have spent years being conditioned to spout this . . . stuff and are not to blame. The birth of Jesus was a supernatural event and we cannot comprehend or state with any authority how Jesus can be both man and God. But Catholics have no problem braying their beliefs in their effort to elevate Mary into something God never intended.
-— God has no mother-—
Mary isn’t Jesus’ Mother? Jesus isn’t God? That’s not what my Bible says.
You can't comprehend what your Bible says because of the RCC programming. I'm sorry. Peace be to you.
Look at the ac count of the Visitation.
Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, says, “And how is this that the Mother of my Lord (Mother of God) should come to me? For the moment I heard your voice the babe leaped in my womb!” (Paraphrasing)
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