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1 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | kalos | 47714 | ||
Part III MARY -- HONOR OR ADORATION? 'Seven Steps to Deity 'Immaculate Conception 'A second step to Mary’s deification by the Catholic Church is the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, which the Church declared in 1854. This doctrine maintains that “the Virgin Mary was, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of God Almighty, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ the Savior, preserved from all stain of original sin.” The Mary of Biblical revelation, on the contrary, considers herself a sinner, “the handmaiden of the Lord,” and she rejoiced and “magnified the Lord,” while her spirit “rejoiced in God my Savior.” 'This dogma of Roman Catholic theology concerning the Virgin was rejected by Clement of Alexandria in the second century; St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in the fourth century; St. Ambrose, St. Bernard, Peter Lombard, and Bishop Melchior Cannas (professor of Canon Law and Dogmatic Theology of Salamonica, Spain, a delegate theologian to the Council of Trent). Others, including Popes, rejected it. St. Antoninus and Pope Leo I are notable for their dissent. Said Pope Leo: 'The Lord Jesus Christ alone among the sons of men was born without sin.” 'Pope Gallatus stated, “It belongs alone to the immaculate to have no sin at all.” 'And Pope Gregory I stated, “Christ alone was truly born holy.” 'One simply cannot ignore Pope Innocent III: “Eve was produced without sin but she brought forth in sin, Mary was brought forth in sin but she brought forth without sin.” 'Time does not permit us to reproduce many quotations of this nature; but it is significant that all these theologians based their affirmations on Holy Scripture, whereas those who supported the dogmas which point to Mary’s exalted role in Catholic Church theology rested their case largely upon tradition. We dare not to forget the words of the Apostle Paul: “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), which, when linked with his further statement, “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), clearly teaches that only the flesh of Jesus Christ is free from the condemnation of sin and death. (To be continued) (STATEMENT DM160 Charismatics and the Cult of Mary by Walter Martin) (www.equip.org) |
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2 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | jawz | 47717 | ||
Wholehearted agreement here. The Roman Catholics, with their doctrine of original sin, could not conceive of sinful flesh giving birth to the Holy Son of God. Jesus became flesh through the flesh of Mary, but if everyone is born in sin Jesus would have inherited the sinful nature of Mary's flesh. Thus they came up with the doctrine that Mary was somehow, by the grace of God, born without the sinful nature of the flesh. There is of course nothing in the bible which supports this. Original sin was never a doctrine taught by Christ and the Apostles though. When Adam sinned he brought death into the world by separating himself from God, the source of all life. We as children of Adam do not inherit his sin, God does not judge people for sins they themselves never committed, but we do inherit his fallen nature, that is we are born into a fallen world and as such will die. We are born separated from the source of life and are condemned to slowly decay and die. So there is no need for Mary to have been "immaculately conceived" for her to be without sin since we are all born that way. Did Mary remain without sin though? Paul says "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" but what about Enoch in Genesis 5:24 who "walked with God" and was taken up by God without tasting death? |
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3 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Brian.g | 48087 | ||
jawz I've always understood Romans 5:19 to refer to orignal sin being passed down from through the generations. Can you offer any insight to this Thanks Brian |
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