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To: ealgeone
The Roman Catholic turns to a version of Mary not found in the NT first.

The Christian turns to Scripture first.


As Catholics, we comprehend the status of Mary's special status in heaven. God has worked many wonders through her. Consider the miracle of Guadalupe, for instance, among others.
When someone prays directly to the Father, in the name of Jesus, that is a good and blessed thing.
When a group of people pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, that is a good and blessed thing.
When someone or a group invites people in heaven to pray with them to the Father, in the name of Jesus, that is a good and blessed thing.
No Catholic believes that Mary does things on her own; she is an instrument of God.
11 posted on 05/17/2018 12:29:39 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Montana_Sam; ebb tide
As Catholics, we comprehend the status of Mary's special status in heaven. God has worked many wonders through her. Consider the miracle of Guadalupe, for instance, among others.

Roman Catholicism has elevated Mary to a demigoddess with powers equal to or surpassing the Spirit as evidenced by this "prayer" to Mary. These attributes of Mary are built upon a false rendering of Genesis 3:15 in the Vulgate. This is one of passages Roman Catholicism incorrectly cites in their false justification of the Immaculate Conception.

From the Catholic Encyclopedia online, which advertises itself as the most "comprehensive resource on Catholic teaching, history, and information ever gathered in all of human history" I offer the following.

The sentence against the first parents was accompanied by the Earliest Gospel ( Proto-evangelium ), which put enmity between the serpent and the woman : "and I will put enmity between thee and the woman and her seed; she (he) shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for her (his) heel" ( Genesis 3:15 ). The translation "she" of the Vulgate is interpretative; it originated after the fourth century, and cannot be defended critically.

https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6056

Of the major translation only the Douay-Rheims continues to render the passage this way.

Rome has based a lot of bad theology on a bad translation that even one of its own sources admits cannot be defended.

“August Queen of Heaven, sovereign queen of Angels, you who at the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan,

Jesus, not Mary, is the one Who crushes Satan's head and defeats Satan. Not Mary. It is Jesus Who was crucified on our behalf....not Mary.

we beseech you humbly, send your holy legions so that, on your orders and by your power, they will track down demons, fight them everywhere, curb their audacity and plunge them into the abyss.

This attribution of legions to Mary and the thinking she and her legions will send Satan and his minions to the abyss totally contradicts Scripture. Scripture tells us it is Jesus Who does this. Roman Catholicism is in grave error attributing to a created being what the Creator does.

20And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. 21And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. Revelation 19:20-21 NASB

Who can be compared to God? Oh good and tender Mother, you will always be our love and our hope. Oh divine Mother, send the Holy Angels and Archangels to defend me and to keep the cruel enemy far from me. Holy Angels and Archangels defend us, protect us. Amen.”

Roman Catholicism attempts to compare Mary to God by calling her divine.

No where in Scripture are any of these attributes assigned to Mary.

When the Roman Catholic says Mary is divine they are saying she is of or like God or a god.

Only God is divine.

When Jesus taught His disciples to pray He did not teach them,

Our mother, who are in Heaven....He taught them, Our Father, who are in Heaven.

In the Lord's Prayer He made it clear we are to ask the Father to deliver us from evil....not Mary.

Paul, writing to the Ephesians also told believers where to turn in times of spiritual warfare.....the astute reader will note there is not mention of Mary in this.

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

11Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

13Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

14Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

15and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;

16in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

17And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

19and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Ephesians 6:10-20 NASB

My prayer is Roman Catholics will see the error of Rome's teaching on this and become followers of Christ...and only Christ.

15 posted on 05/17/2018 2:37:51 PM PDT by ealgeone
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