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1 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | Reformer Joe | 69709 | ||
I live in a part of the country populated pretty heavily by Hispanics, and knowing the history of the Virgin of Guadalupe, I would like to know another Catholic's take on a situation like this: The other day I saw a window decal on a truck with the Virgin, and around it, written in Spanish, were the words "My life is in your hands." To me, statements like this seem to cross the line from "veneration" to "worship." As a member of the RCC, would you stand behind a statement like the one I saw or not, and please let me know why or why not. You wrote: "As for Christ's finite human nature, don't you think it was transformed and elevated by the Resurrection?" Transformed, yes. I am not sure what you mean by the word "elevate." I do not think that Christ's human nature took on the divine characteristic of being infinite (in order that people all over the world could be feasting on His body and blood in a physical sense at this very moment and at all times throughout the day somehwere on the planet since Pentecost), and I think St. John's vision in Revelation 1 would lend some support to that position. Also, I believe that the Bible teaches that one day all of God's people will one day be everything Christ is in His human nature. Passages like 1 Corinthians 15 and the end of Philippians 3 seem to support this? Do you agree, and do you think this means we will be infinite as well? Thanks! --Joe! |
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2 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | EdB | 69752 | ||
Joe Yesterday after reading all this discussion on Mary the Mother of Jesus I asked my wife, who was raised a Catholic and left the church when we married to become Protestant, how she viewed Mary. Quite Frankly her Catholic teaching of Mary was very similar to ours. She never once read anything into the words Mother of God other than Mary was the Mother of Jesus who is God among man. She never recalls praying to Mary other asking Mary to pray for her, much like when we ask others to pray for us. She never gave any thought to Mary being omnipresent or even being able to hear her. She just felt that Mary was someone that could relate to her problems as a woman. I believe the current trend of Maryology (sp?)that is now in the catholic church and the teaching Mary didn't die and ascended into heaven and such is fairly recent and I'm not sure it is accepted by the church. My wife was never exposed to any of this teaching. I wonder if much of what we hear about the teachings of the RC are not just aberrant teaching like is prevalent within the Prostestant churches and we see exhibited here on the forum? I know the Hispanic community has a completely different perspective of Mary than the rest of the RC. I'm not sure of the reason but I suspect much of it stems form the RC Priest's zeal to convert them that they told them anything to accept Jesus and much of the incorrect teaching never did corrected. EdB |
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3 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | Reformer Joe | 69757 | ||
You can read the official Mariology of the RCC here: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/church6.html The best Protestant evaluation of Mary I have seen is also a quite recent one. It is called _Who is My Mother?_, by Eric Svendsen. http://store.yahoo.com/discerning/whoismymoter.html --Joe! |
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4 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | EdB | 69793 | ||
Joe I think there are newer teachings that are even more far reaching. I think the in the newer teachings it is taught the Mary can forgive sins. EdB |
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5 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | Emmaus | 69891 | ||
Ed, You are wrong on this. I have never heard any such thing as Mary forgiving sins. As for Mary not dying and ascending into heaven. That is also incorrect. The Church does not teach that Mary did not die. It does not have a formal teaching on that subject. The majority consensus of theologians is that she did die. It does teach her Assumption, which in a different thing from ascension. Only Jesus ascended by his own power. The Church teaches, based on Tradition, that Mary was assumed into heaven by God's power like Enoch and Elijah. Emmaus |
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6 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | EdB | 69973 | ||
Emmaus This assumption of Mary is clearly stated in the what is protrayed as the catechism of the catholic church at the site http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/church6.html Joe gave. You would you be so kind to go there and see what you make of the whole thing. I'm glad your involved in this as I want to discove the real teaching of the RC not what everyone seems to think they teach. As I said my wife was Catholic and remembers little of her teaching, but that was over 36 years ago. EdB |
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7 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | Emmaus | 70023 | ||
Ed, The link given by Joe is to one section of the Catechism about Mary. Here is a link to another section also about Mary. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed3.html#MARY Here is a link to the footnotes footnotes for the other links. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed3.html#MARY May I suggest that it may be easier for you to look at Mary's Assumption as a preview of coming attractions, i.e. the Rapture. What happened to her is special in that it happened to her earlier than the same thing will happen to us. You may also wish to check the archives of my posts. I am sure this question has come up before and I have addressed it. You can also get and inexpensive paperback copy of The Catechism of the Catholic Church at any major bookstore chain. They usually have them on the shelf. That way when a question comes up you can peruse it at you leisure with the benefit of the footnote also. Emmaus |
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8 | Why do catholic call Mary mother of God. | Amos 1:1 | EdB | 70041 | ||
Emmaus Thanks! EdB |
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