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p.2 History of the doctrine and exaltation of Mary Romes catholicism sys, Among our intercessors in heaven is one whose of holiness, and power with God place her far above the Angels and Saints. It is Holy Mary, the Mother of God. Mary is truly Mother of God because she is Mother of a Divine Person, because her Son who took His human nature from her is truly God. In raising Mary to so wonderful a dignity, God has exalted her above all other creatures; the highest angel is His servant; she is His Mother. The Blessed Virgin, being the Mother of God, is above all the Angels and Saints; she is pronounced "blessed among women " (Luke 1:28), and is to be called "blessed" (Luke 1:48) by the faithful throughout all generations. Christ appointed her as OUR MOTHER and us as HER children, in the person of St. John: "Behold thy son.... Behold thy Mother." (John 19: 26, 27). Jesus entrusted her to be in Johns hands, he did not appoint her as the churches mother. Let’s look at the doctrine of Mary that WAS invented from 300 AD , the making the sign of the of exaltation of the Virgin Mary The term mother of God given council of Ephesus. 431 A. D. The Papal Council of Ephesus declares Mary to be Mother of God. It was "Pope Boniface IV first suggested the celebration of this festival (All Saints), when in 610 he ordered that the Pantheon, a pagan temple, at Rome, dedicated to all the gods, should be converted into a Christian church, and the relics of the saints, dispersed through the different Roman cemeteries, taken up and placed therein. He then dedicated the Church to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs" (Goffine, p. 905). At a certain point, The Church of Rome changed themselves from trying to be Christs church to be under Mary. The official Immaculate Conception of Mary came in 1854. 1922: Virgin Mary was proclaimed co-redeemer with Jesus by Pope Benedict XV. 1950 AD theAssumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII. 1965 Mary is proclaimed mother of the church by Pope Paul VI.
On the Roman Catholic view on the perpetual virginity of Mary this important
teaching of their church which is heresy. It is not found in the Bible when
it speaks of Mary. Scripture tells us Jesus is called the firstborn
in the family of Joseph and Mary. Joseph had no relations with her until she
bore a son, and named him Jesus, her firstborn. Which certainly implies that
Mary had sexual relations with Joseph after Jesus was born, There are clear
references to Jesus' brothers and sisters in the context of His immediate
family. The Greek term for "brother" (adelphos) is the normal word for
"blood brother." The Popes and Mary After many hundreds of years they recently changed their position like the JW’s have done. Pope Leo XIV has issued a new Vatican decree issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, that officially instructs Catholics not to call the Virgin Mary the “co-redeemer” or “co-redemptrix.
The Decree affirms that Jesus Christ alone redeemed humanity through his crucifixion and resurrection. It warns that the title “co-redemptrix” can “create confusion and an imbalance in the harmony of the truths of the Christian faith. The Vatican emphasized that salvation comes solely through Christ, while Mary’s role is to be an intermediary who “opened the gates of the Redemption” and guides believers toward him. While this change is welcomed, what of the millions who trusted in the Church and what they insisted of Mary,reciting the rosary, and praying TO HER? What of the hundreds of millions of Catholics that PRAYEDHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed * the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, stow, and at the hour of our death.Amen. (Found in Any Catholic prayer book), Pope John Paul II Catholic faith was his total dedication to "Mary, the Queen of Heaven," in whom he put his hope for salvation. (now, Saint John Paul II) referred to Mary as “Co-Redemptrix” at least seven occasions as Pope. This change introduced by Pope Leo is being advertised as The Vatican settling a decades-long debate over the Virgin Mary. It was not Debated for the Popes made it law, It was doctrine. Not all Catholics especially priests are going along with this ‘new’ change by their Pope (Leo). Jesus is to be our King; Mary is not our Queen (nor of heaven). Jesus is our only advocate and mediator. They say Mary is also our advocate and mediatrix. Still Jesus is our hope, our refuge, our consolation; we say the same of Mary. That Jesus is the way which leads to heaven; Mary is the gate of heaven. The Bible points out of those who worshipped the pagan Queen of heaven in the Old Testament showing this pagan before the birth of Christ. To call Mary "Queen of Heaven," knowing that this very phrase comes from an old pagan idolatrous cult condemned in the Bible (cf. ), who burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her” ( Jer 44:17). Jeremiah records women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven (Jer. 7:18).
Those in Israel that accepted and practiced the Pagan practice, invoked this queen of heaven, not by any name but God still did not approve. The Question is why would the Roman Church choose this? The Catechism says that Mary was “exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things.” When did this alleged coronation occur? Scripture verse is not given. Mary is never referred to as a queen in the Bible. The only queen in the New Testament is cited in the last book of the Bible, “…saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her” (Revelation:18:7-8).
The Bible never mentions of anyone praying to her, never speaks of her
immaculate conception OR refers to her as a perpetual virgin, never tells us
of her assumption, never calls her a mother of anyone except her own
children and the apostle John, whom she was given to be cared for. She is
never called a queen, never given a “Holy” title, never is assigned to an
intercessory role, or that she has a special place in heaven beyond what all
believers are promised.
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Mary is celebrated in various parts of the Catholic Church over 350 days each year. Eighteen of the Marian celebrations are included in the General Roman [Catholic] Calendar:
The Roman Catholic saints testimonies: St. Benard, St. Bonaventure, St. Ignatius; St. Alphonsus De Liguori, etc. The Saints have received many and great blessings through her intercession, and so may we, if, like them, we will be fervent and devout in imploring her assistance. Have recourse to her, then, frequently and fervently, and on all occasions, especially in your temptations and spiritual necessities. Ask her to obtain your requests, placing the greatest confidence in her intercession; for, if she prays for you, you may rest assured that God will grant what she asks. Hence, St. Bernard says, that "never bath any one been known to have recourse to her protection, implore her aid, or ask her intercession, without obtaining relief! " Rome’s CATHOLIC BELIEF: God Incarnate, and so it had a claim to ascend whither the body of her Son had already gone before. Mary was to be crowned Queen of heaven by the eternal Father: She was to have a throne at her Son's right hand. Bible verse __________:NONE. THE BIBLE says nothing of this, this is taken straight from pagan Rome that INHERITED some of BABYLON’s teaching by Constantine.
“But when it comes to worshiping her as our personal, omnipresent, special protectress and invoking her intercession or praying to her, then we tread upon the absolutely impossible, the erroneous, etc. For the Church says the following of her, which makes it utterly impossible for her to give us personal special protection, As former priest Zachello points out If the Blessed Virgin "is only a creature," is not "in any way equal or even comparable to God," is "infinitely less than God," though by God "the most highly honored indeed of Al created beings," and a creature can direct "complete attention to' one thing only at a time," otherwise "indistinctness and confusion must inevitably result," then it is utterly irrespossible for her to hear and listen to the many petitions or prayers addressed to her, and to give us the special personal But when it comes to worshiping her as our personal, omnipresent, special protectress and invoking her intercession or praying to her, then we tread upon the absolutely impossible, the erroneous, etc. For the Church says the following of her, which makes it utterly impossible for her to give us personal special protection, As Zachello point out If the Blessed Virgin "is only a creature," is not "in any way equal or even comparable to God," is "infinitely less than God," though by God "the most highly honored indeed of Al created beings," and a creature can direct "complete attention to' one thing only at a time," otherwise "indistinctness and confusion must inevitably result," then it is utterly impossible for her to hear and listen to the many petitions or prayers addressed to her, and to give us the special personal
The Lateran Synod of A.D. 649 was the first to stress the threefold
character of Mary's virginity claiming that Mary was a Virgin before, during
and after the birth of Jesus Christ. Based on
Isaiah 7:14
,
Matthew 1:18
, and
Luke 1:26
(cf.
Gal. 4:4
) Catholicism agrees that Jesus was conceived of a virgin. But again they
put Mary in the place of equality to Jesus the creator. Even Pope Leo 1 (440 a.d.) said, " The Lord Jesus Christ alone among the sons of men was born immaculate. "(sermon 24 in Nativ. Dom.) Even Pope Gelasius (492 a.d.) said, "It belongs alone to the immaculate lamb to have no sin at all ."(Gellasii papae dicta, vol. 4, col 1241, Paris, 1671) When the immaculate conception was first presented in the year 1140 it was opposed by Bernard of Clairvaux also Thomas Aquinas who adamantly taught Mary was a sinner with Augustine of Hippo, the two greatest theologians of their church both canonized as saints denied the immaculate conception that Mary was conceived without sin. Later on, Pope innocent the third (1216 AD) " She (Eve) was produced without sin, but she brought forth in sin, she (Mary) was produced in sin, but she brought forth without sin ." ( De festo Assump.,sermon 2). "For he (Christ) alone. was truly born holy." (Gregory the Great Bened. Edit. P. 598.
Sinlessness of Mary Mary as the co-redeemer from her cooperation in the incarnation has earned her this title since the 5th century. This cooperative work with Christ in redemption conflicts with the Bible. The great Catholic scholar, Thomas Aquinas, rejected the doctrine of the immaculate conception of Mary understanding it is inconsistent with the scripture on the universality of sin– namely, that ‘all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
This teaching was not spoken in the early church fathers and there are no scriptural validation,
Catholic belief that prayers can be directed to Mary and to the Saints.
“Hail Mary” is a prayer to Mary. The bible teaches all prayers should be
directed to God alone. Jesus taught “Our Father, who art in heaven” –
Contradicting
2 Timothy 2:15
clearly states, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus.” we don’t go through Mary or any saint,
we pray to the Father, by the Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ! They claim, because Mary was taken bodily into heaven as the precursor of the resurrection. Mary is already there in bodily form. The doctrine was late in development and infallibly proclaimed ex cathedra in 1950. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII , acting with ex cathedra, issued Munificentissimus Deus, an authoritative statement of official dogma of Roman Catholicism . By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. The doctrine is based on their tradition that Mary was bodily assumed into heaven. For centuries before that, the assumption was celebrated in art and in the Church's liturgy . Some Catholics have argued that Mary did not die, while others maintain that she experienced death not due to original sin, but to share in her son's own death and resurrection The proclamation's wording does not state if Mary suffered bodily death before being assumed into heaven; this is left open to individual belief. By their own traditions Western Christian art in the 12th century, along with other narrative scenes from the Life of the Virgin, and the Coronation of the Virgin. These "Marian" subjects were especially promoted by the Cistercian Order and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153) In the Nicene Creed in 325, the ascension of Jesus into heaven is mentioned. The early church during or after the meeting there is nothing spoken of Mary ascending.
The Church of Rome should be called Mary's Church instead of a Catholic Church "Catholics do not believe that the Blessed Virgin is in any way equal or even comparable to God, for she, being a creature, although the most highly favored, is infinitely less than God " (Catholic Belief, Rev. Joseph Faa di Bruno, p. 227). What some Catholics say on Mary is truthful, but they will not admit what it means "Catholics adore God alone. They love and honor Mary as the Mother of God and the greatest of His saints, but they know she is only a creature, and that, therefore, to adore her would be idolatry " (Question-Box Answers, Rev. Bertrand L. Conway, p. 515). The real Mary of the Bible She is mentioned over 50 times throughout the New Testament After she is told she will have a child without a man Luke 1:34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” Luke 2:30 in the temple speaking of Jesus at his dedication it is said,“my eyes have seen Your salvation” John 2:1at the wedding in Cana of Galilee,as the mother of Jesus she was there.” Mark 6:3Jesus is to be Son of Mary , and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" Acts 1:14 in the upper room waiting for the Holy Spirit. “ with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. She was not more special, or she would not have had to be there with the others.. She is never called anything more than this Peter bring miraculously released from jail in Acts 12:12, knocked at the door of the gate, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary , the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. v.17he said, "Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren." Hedid not mention Mary. In fact in the book of Acts Mary Magdalene is mentioned far more than Mary, Jesus mother (11 times.) Gal 4:26 Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
There is not a single instance in the New Testament where veneration was
given to Mary. As the prophetIsaiah said in 45:20-22 Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; they have no knowledge, who carry about their wooden idol and pray to a god who cannot save. Declare and set forth your case; indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none except Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.” Isa 47:4 As for our Redeemer , the LORD of hosts is His name,The Holy One of Israel .” Isa 49: 26That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And your Redeemer , the Mighty One of Jacob." There is one savior, one redeemer, one intercessor in heaven, the one who died for our sin, which Mary DID NOT!
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