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To: RoosterRedux; Chicory

The Angel Gabriel was sent by God to a virgin, named Mary and said “Hail full of grace, the Lord is with you!”

This is the only biblical instance where an angel addresses someone by title and not name. While “full of grace” comes from St Jerome’s Latin vulgate it lacks some of the depth of the Greek word which means that God has already “graced” Mary previous to this point. God endowed Mary with an abundance of grace for the vocation of divine motherhood.

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry:
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”

Jesus as incarnate by the Holy Spirit, the union of divinity with humanity.

While there are many opinions and some false beliefs about our Christian beliefs, we should strive to know, understand and believe in God’s truth and not Man’s or the devil truth.

If we read and understand God’s Truth in the Bible that was passed down from the teachings of Jesus and the Sacred Traditions of Jesus and the Apostles verbally. Some beliefs we have to accept on faith as our human nature may not allow us yet to fully understand some divine truths.

As the Bible reports Jesus established one Church, now known as the Catholic Church with Jesus as the head and baptized members on earth (The Militant), those in Purgatory (The Suffering) and those in Heaven (The Triumphant). The Militant with the help of grace are learning to follow the path that leads to the narrow gate.

As Christians we need to fully understand and believe in God’s Truth. We need to beware of false prophets. (Mt 7). God wants unity in his church. Some of God’s truths are hard to follow, but we need to follow God and not our own wants.

From the very beginning there have been followers who listened to Jesus but did not accept his teachings and followed false truths (heresies) from man or the devil.

We need to focus on our path to salvation by following God’s Truth and not man’s (or the devil’s) version of God’s truth.

As Jesus warned us the ways of the world will try to lead us away from Him and we will be persecuted.

We can see this in the divergent on how we believe and worship God within the Christian community.

We can see it in our government in some of the false policies they pursue and attempt to punish Christian beliefs.


149 posted on 08/16/2023 2:37:35 PM PDT by ADSUM ( )
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To: ADSUM
This is the only biblical instance where an angel addresses someone by title and not name. While “full of grace” comes from St Jerome’s Latin vulgate it lacks some of the depth of the Greek word which means that God has already “graced” Mary previous to this point. God endowed Mary with an abundance of grace for the vocation of divine motherhood.

He said, “O man of high esteem, do not be afraid. Peace be with you; take courage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, “May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.” Daniel 10:19

So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.” Daniel 8:17

Then the angel of the LORD said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?” Zecheriah 1:12

365 posted on 08/18/2023 2:43:58 PM PDT by ealgeone
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28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you. Luke 1:28 NRSVCE

In the remainder of the text Gabriel addresses simply as Mary. No new title. No proclamation of being sinless or anything like that.

368 posted on 08/18/2023 2:56:54 PM PDT by ealgeone
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