Posted on 12/02/2017 7:18:48 PM PST by ebb tide
Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation and was critical of what he considered excesses and corruptions in the Catholic Church. But did you know he continued to hold many Catholic doctrines about Mary?
Here are some quotes from Martin Luther about the Blessed Virgin Mary that may surprise you:
“She became the Mother of God, in which work so many and such great good things are bestowed on her as pass man’s understanding. For on this there follows all honor, all blessedness, and her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal, namely, that she had a child by the Father in heaven, and such a Child….
“Hence men have crowded all her glory into a single word, calling her the Mother of God…. None can say of her nor announce to her greater things, even though he had as many tongues as the earth possesses flowers and blades of grass: the sky, stars; and the sea, grains of sand. It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God.” (source)
“God has formed the soul and body of the Virgin Mary full of the Holy Spirit, so that she is without all sins, for she has conceived and borne the Lord Jesus.” (source)
“Christ, our Savior, was the real and natural fruit of Mary’s virginal womb… This was without the cooperation of a man, and she remained a virgin after that. […] Christ… was the only Son of Mary, and the Virgin Mary bore no children besides Him.” (source; for more see this article)
“The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart.” (source)
“Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees… If he is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his mother is also our mother.” (source)
“[Mary is the] highest woman and the noblest gem in Christianity after Christ… She is nobility, wisdom, and holiness personified. We can never honor her enough. Still honor and praise must be given to her in such a way as to injure neither Christ nor the Scriptures.” (source)
[See also: The Forgotten Method for Praying the Rosary that Could Change Your Life]
[See also: 5 Protestants Who Surprisingly Defended Mary’s Perpetual Virginity]
Slight correction:
Satan used ML mightily to lead souls into damnation by his "faith alone" nonsense.
Thanks. Best Mom - Ever.
God requires no help from you to save you.
If He did then He did not pay the penalty completely, He lied when on the cross He said, “it is finished”, and now your salvation depends not,only on Him, but yourself as well.
Now you are mo different than any other non-christian religion in the world where they all have to work for their salvation, never knowing if they have done enough.
You either take God at His word that He saves you completely through the atoning blood and fully satisfying sacrifice of Jesus, or you keep trying to save yourself by your filthy rag works.
Your choice, of course.
Sure he did.
Two of your previous popes exonerated him.
Martin Luther Blessed and Canonized by John Paul II and Benedict XVI in 1999!
http://catholicmap.blogspot.com/2016/10/martin-luther-blessed-and-canonized-by.html
Perhaps this reading from Romans written by Paul is where he got the idea of faith alone. Bear in mind this is how we come to Christ....not what we do after we come to Christ...keep that in mind as you read.
1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
4and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
5and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.
8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
16The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.
17For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
18So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
19For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
20The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
21so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:1-21 NASB
Show me in Scripture, and please, not just one verse taken out of context.
Martin who???
There isn't a "God part" and a "human part". The terms "mother" and "son" describe relationships between persons, not parts of persons. So Jesus is one divine person, who acquired a human nature in the Incarnation. Mary is the mother of that person, and, because that person is a divine person, that person is God.
The contrary error is the error of Nestorianism, which usually ends up supposing that Jesus is two persons, one human and one divine, who are sort of co-located or associated with each other in a mysterious way. That's not orthodox Christology, Catholic, Protestant, or Eastern Orthodox.
God does not force anyone to be saved. He is not a spiritual rapist. But the cooperation which he demands or expects is cooperation he, himself, enables by actual graces. St. Augustine (the so-called "first Protestant," you'll recall) summed this up succinctly when he said, "When God crowns our merits, he crowns nothing except his own gifts". So you are mistaken when you suppose that Catholics think that they are somehow able to contribute to their salvation by their own unaided effort. They don't. It's all grace.
**There isn’t a “God part” and a “human part”. The terms “mother” and “son” describe relationships between persons, not parts of persons. So Jesus is one divine person, who acquired a human nature in the Incarnation. Mary is the mother of that person, and, because that person is a divine person, that person is God.**
First of all, look at what you wrote:
“Jesus is one divine person...”
Now if that was the case BEFORE he....
“...acquired a human nature at the Incarnation.” ....then....
How can you make Mary the mother of “a divine person” that existed before she did?
Look in the scriptures. The Apostles never made such an absurd description. Jesus Christ said that God is a Spirit (Jn 4:24). Did the apostle John declare that no man has seen God, except when Jesus Christ walked the earth? NO! He said that NO man has seen God at ANY time. Jesus Christ pointed out that EVERY divine attribute he showed, in word or deed, was the Father IN him.
Where is God the Father NOT at?
You’re not “Free Republic the Campion”, you’re “Campion of Free Republic”.
Because of Free Republic, you have a “life” here. You speak and listen (pinged).
Jesus Christ said that he is the vine, and God the Father is the husbandman. The husbandman plants the vine, not the other way around. The husband man does fertilization and weed control.
Is. 42:1 “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;.....”. Who is upholding who?
Well, he did not disagree with the Catholics about
Every thing and neither do I.
Mary had one child, the son of God.
Crazy people make a crazy world
The man jesus was not here until he was born unto mary.
All false
..,......
Mostly true.
You Catholics better quit this stuff, so the protestants
Can go back to worshipping luthor.
Sure he did.
Two of your previous popes exonerated him.
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Well, they weren’t REAL Popes, don’tcha know, because they didn’t agree with ebb tide, who is the ultimate judge of all things Catholic.
lord a mercy
I was hungry and you gave me no food, thirsty, and you gave me no drink, etc., but who cares?
A: 2,017 years ago, Mary became the mother of the Second Person of the Trinity, Who has existed from eternity.
B: Mary has been, from eternity, the mother of the Second Person of the Trinity.
You seem to be saying that you are unable to see any difference between A and B. In your view, the two statements are identical.
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