Mary is a servant of ALMIGHT GOD. Mary is not a goddess nor sinless. All have sinned. Mary is the person that gave birth to the human form of CHRIST. She is blessed among women, but a sinner she is.
If you want to call Mary the Mother of GOD because she game birth to the CHRIST, then its on you. But giving her praise, glory and prayers is against scripture, period. All honor, glory, praise and prayers goes to the FATHER, AMIGHTY GOD in the name of JESUS the CHRIST. Amen.
I am sure that any woman who gives birth to GOD is more special than I am. And I am sure if Mary gave birth to God she would be "closer" to God than any of us. since she is his mother.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ has absolutely nothing to do with Mary. None of the Apostles ever mentioned Mary in their Epistles. Jesus never directed us to recognize Mary. In fact, the Bible clearly states in Matthew 11:11 that there has never been a child born amongst women greater than John the Baptist.
brother I believe the mother of james the less and james and john the sons of zebedee was indeed the mother of Jesus, read the following verses...Matthew 13:54-56 Mark 6:2-3 then John 19:25-27 .then read John 19:25 Mark 15:40-41 and Matthew 27:55,56,61 to determine which mary was which..it is stated very clearly in Matthew 1:24-25 that joseph "knew her not till Jesus was born" the word "knew" meant joseph had sexual relations after jesus birth and this can be proven in Gen 4:1,17 and 25 
What is truly preposterous about this is that the presenter has the audacity to present HIS OWN assumptions at the end about Mary's life and what he believed her thoughts were, even after he spent the entire time saying "That's not in the Bible!" Here's the logic behind the centuries of the Catholic Church's teaching... If Jesus was God, then he surely must have kept the commandments perfectly, including Honor Thy Mother and Father.  After Mary's life on earth, He honored her perfectly, by....
@pangman77 (cont'd) ...setting aside a very special place for her in heaven. Every Christian knows that Mary was a very pious and devout follower of Christ...how could she NOT be? During the first 30 years of Jesus's earthly life, could you imagine the incredible mother-and-son bond that they must have developed? Mary loved Christ more than any person that has ever lived or ever will live! Yet because she was a mortal creature just like one of us, she becomes our greatest advocate in heaven!
@pangman77 (cont'd) ...Furthermore, if we are to live our lives by imitating Christ, just as he perfectly honored the Almighty Father in Heaven by giving glory to Him every moment of His earthly life, can we not honor Mary by loving her and respecting her in the same way we love our own mothers? What's wrong with that? In addition, was not the womb that carried our Savior "holy" in every sense of the word? Surely, Mary must have had special graces from God to be called holy as well.
Lu 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
(The HAILY MARY'S WERE BEGINING but Jesus would have none of it)
Lu 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Exactly. Gabriel told her what she was going to do and what was going to happen. He didn't ask her anything! Contrariwise, God said 'Who will go for us' and Isaiah said 'Here am I, send me!' The Magnificat almost mirrors Hannah's prayer but Catholics wouldn';t know that since it's actually in the Bible.
"And it came to pass as HE spake these things a certain woman of the company LIFTED up her voice & said unto him *Blessed* is the WOMB that BARE THEE & the PAPS which thou hast sucked. **BUT HE SAID** Yea RATHER, BLESSED are THEY that HEAR the WORD OF GOD & KEEP IT!!!
You think this is enough?....not quite, GOD does it again in Matt 12:46-50
With the testimony of 2 men...let that word be established. John 8:17 = Matthew & Luke
And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter=Petros=#4074) & upon *THIS ROCK* =PETRA= #4073) I will build my church-gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
The pope is the antichrist who controls the new world order. The pope is the anti christ the lord jesus warned his people about. The prophecy of the bible warned us that the anti christ would come out of the divided roman empire kill Gods people change the sabbath day and glorify himself as high as christ . The popes achieved fullfing Gods prophecy conserning the anti christ. The pope and his jesuits worship satan secretley they are serving satan they control the freemasons and illumanati
"The pope is the antichrist who controls the new world order."
Thats your personal opinion. Any reason any other human being with common sense should believe that ? You state opinions as though they are facts. Bad for you.
@MrJamesthecatholic They are a fact. You see only the pope enforced the change of the sabbath day came out of the divided roman empire after its collpased gave the order to kill the christians in the inqusition and called himself jesus substitute and destroyed the herlui vandals and osthrgaths 3 of the original ten kingdoms that came out of the divided roman empire. You see according to daniel the anti christ would do this and so far only one man in his has done this its the pope
@MrJamesthecatholic every pope has fullfilled bible prophecy as the little horn power daniel saw would come out of the divided roman empire and speak great blasphemy and pompus words about himself. REV 17 SAYS THE BEAST who rules in the last days will be like the blasphemoues kings before him. This shows that the line the anti christ comes out of is a long line of blasphemeres and according to rev 17 that power sits with the harlot church in rome the city which rules over the kings of the earth
"every pope has fullfilled bible prophecy as the little horn power daniel saw would come out of the divided roman empire"
hmm really ? So was St Peter, the first pope the Anti Christ too ? This is really getting interesting. If you say St Peter was not - you just contradicted your "every pope" statement. Even if thats the case and we ignore logic, please name the first Anti Christ pope.
@MrJamesthecatholic peter was not a pope he didnt act like the popes or teach what the popes teached. The popes made peter into something he never said about himself. PETER wouldnt LET PEOPLE bow down to him according to acts peter never dared say the church was build on him because the lord jesus called him a little rock that you throw. The lord jesus said his church would be build on foundation stone and paul said christ is foundation stone the only rock. satan made peter devine not God
"peter was not a pope he didnt act like the popes or teach what the popes teached."
To be protestant is to be a zero in history. So then why dont you tell us the name of the first anti Christ pope, when he became the anti Christ and the act he did to become the anti Christ. ?
@MrJamesthecatholic When constantine the pagan emperor joined church and state and gave the power of the state to the church that point fulfilled the prophecy of the anti christ. BECAUSE WHEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE was divided around 500 ad it was divided into ten kingdoms just as daniel predicted in daniel 7. bUt daniel said after wards a little horn a blasphemoues pompus man would arise from the middle of those kingdoms and would destroy 3 of them history prooves the pope is the man daniel predict
"When constantine the pagan emperor joined church and state...."
ok ... but you havent answered what I asked, you rather say something else.. let me repeat
Tell us the name of the first anti Christ pope, when he became the anti Christ and the act he did to become the anti Christ. ? simple... answer the.. since you are so sure about the pope anti Christ thing.. should be a piece of cake for you. So answer please.
@jofo817 listen the christian church of the lord jesus doesnt boil people alive doesnt set them on fire doesnt have torture chambers under there church that is what the harlot church of revelation 17 does and that is the catholic church. Infact revelation 17 even said the harlot church would sit with the anti christ in rome the city which lays on seven hills and rules over the nations of the earth REVELATION 17:9
@jofo817 the roman catholic church is guilty for boiling christrians in pots torturing them with torture chambers under churches. Not even athiests and communist do this to there victims. How can you still stand there and say this is a church that loves the lord JESUS? tHIS CHURCH brought idols and paganism in christianity idols of mary and saints this church told people you could buy forgivness in the dark ages this is the harlot church the lord jesus warned us about this is satans counterfit
@SpanishDomodeath in a way "yes"......look up the name/definition of "Theotokos" which is translated from the Greek as "God-Bearer" which means the one chosen to give birth to GOD....Also, read Luke Chapter 1 Verse 43 (Luke 1:43) when Elizabeth called Mary "The Mother of her Lord) right after being filled with the Holy Spirit. In essence Elizabeth was referring to Mary as the Mother of God (Luke 1:43) !
@JesusSetsMeFree It was a great fish..whales are great fish..it's a biblical assumtion..the bible says neither whale or not a whale hence great fish..It could of been a dinosaur for all we know!
All of which was fulfilled in the New Testament was foretold in the Old Testament. That Jesus would be the unique savior of the world, is simply fulfillment of scripture. But you can't find that sort of prophecy about Mary.
Jeremiah condemns those who baked cakes for the "Queen of Heaven". That Catholics even call Mary this is a serious blunder.
If you research the names given to Isis, you will find that Mary is called the same thing. This is an import from Paganism.
Christ alone deserves our attention.....Revelation 5.....12 "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
thank god you found this out!! the catholic church has made alot of people lose faith...and for that they are killed! sometimes even the catholics make it look like if god was a blood thursty monster!! with a god like that who needs satan!
The Church Fathers disciples of Peter and John all write about the virginity and reverence for her and of course Hol Mass, Euchharist...read polycarp.
The rosary is simply praying the Gospel. Our Father..straight from scripture, Hail Mary ..straight from scripture. 20 mysteries. Meditating on Jesus' life. birth-resurrection.
Mary is a model for all of us.. humility.
Rome does not teach dogmatically that she is the comediatrics. There are 4 Marian dogmas. Mary is the Mother of God. She intercedes for all. Nobody knows Jesus better than Mary.
I believe God hand chose Mary because he knew Mary would be willing to carry Jesus in her womb. I don't believe that Mary was forced to do anything against her will. I believe that Mary was delighted and honored to have been chosen...not resentful and forced.
Someone would have to carry Jesus, and God picked someone who would be agreeable and prepared.
And of for the end of this video, the reason why Mary is so highly revered is BECAUSE she was so humble and showed so much humility and is exemplary in showing a God-fearing person. I encourage you to one day go through the Stations of the Cross. In the prayers of the recounting of the journey of Jesus from being condmened to being crucified, you will see the emphasis put on both the pain of Jesus and of Mary seeing her son about to die.
When you speak of the Virgin Mary not being "co anything", you assume that "co" means "equal to" which it does not. Being Co-Redemptrix means that the Blessed Mother played a large part in bringing the Saviour Our Lord Jesus into the world, yet all he CO redemptrix qualities are 100% dependent on Christ. The only reason she is called (and not even yet officially by the Church) co-redemptrix is because she gave birth to Christ, and submitted fully to the will of God.
When you speak of the Virgin Mary not being "co anything", you assume that "co" means "equal to" which it does not. Being Co-Redemptrix means that the Blessed Mother played a large part in bringing the Saviour Our Lord Jesus into the world, yet all he CO redemptrix qualities are 100% dependent on Christ. The only reason she is called (and not even yet officially by the Church) co-redemptrix is because she gave birth to Christ, and submitted fully to the will of God.
All grace comes from God, Catholics acknowledge that wholeheartedly. It is the means by which we recieve His grace that us Catholic and our Protestant brethren disagree.
Think of as a resorvoir. The water (grace) comes from one source, the resorvoir (God), yet the way the water gets to the people varies, for their may be pipes or aqueducts (the Sacraments) by which the people recieve His grace. Mary is one of these pipes, merely a passageway for Gods grace.
First of all I am an ex-Roman Catholic and I am very familiar with Catholicism. Catholics pray to Mary, which in reality is a demonic apparition pretending to be Mary. I used to want to believe it was Mary too, but it just isn't true. Compare the demon's words with scripture and the truth shall be known. Catholics also kiss the feet of the Pope and treat him as the Vicar of Christ. He isn't the Vicar of Christ. He is a sinful human being who needs a savior just like the rest of us.
This was very good and informative.Many catholics just know what they have been told all their lives.If it is said enough than "it must be true".They do not really study the Bible.Blind leading the blind.Of course,I am not catholic.We visited Poland and saw the Black Madonna.Yes,they were worshiping ,bowing and crawling miles{I heard}.I don't get it.But they do not read the truth in the scriptures.They believe what was told to them.
We believe that true worship of God must be done with all senses.. So when we are in a prayer state sometimes we need to touch something, yet it is not worship since we do not consider the statue to be God. The crawling I have always assumed is a way to get closer to the pain Jesus experienced. We truly want to become more like him in every single way possible.
You ignorantly assume that Catholics do not study the Bible. In fact, it has been shown that the Mass contains more readings from scripture than Protestant services, and being a former Baptist I can attest to this.
There is a difference between worship and veneration. What you saw the faithful in Poland do was venerate the Blessed Mother in the form of the Black Madonna. Veneration shows respect for whomever is being venerated.
You ignorantly assume that Catholics do not study the Bible. In fact, it has been shown that the Mass contains more readings from scripture than Protestant services, and being a former Baptist I can attest to this.
There is a difference between worship and veneration. What you saw the faithful in Poland do was venerate the Blessed Mother in the form of the Black Madonna. Veneration shows respect for whomever is being venerated.
Question, why did the Catholic Church abandon the tradition of the Church Fathers which directed (not suggested) that baptism of men and women was to be done in the nude (both the baptised and the baptisers - bishop and deacon), so that no foreign object would touch the blessed waters?
Greentipman: So the Holy Fathers were the ones, the Holy Spirit used to establish the Truth and to rebuke the heresies of mouth or written matter.
Did the Holy Spirit tell you that or how do you know? Do you believe there are heresies in the Bible as you imply? Does the bible matter to you at all? Which translation? Don't you realize that the "Holy Fathers" were often at odds with each other? How do you know the side of error did not prevail?
Moreover, it will be a supernatural kingdom of truth, in the world, though not of it (John 18:36). It will be one and undivided, and this unity shall be a witness to all men that its founder came from God (John 17:21).
Christ's true church is to be a kingdom ruled in His absence by men (Matthew 18:18; John 21:17). It is therefore a visible theocracy; and it will be substituted for the Jewish theocracy that has rejected Him (Matthew 21:43). In it, until the day of judgment, the bad will be mingled with the good (Matthew 13:41). Its extent will be universal (Matthew 28:19), and its duration to the end of time (Matthew 13:49); all powers that oppose it shall be crushed (Matthew 21:44).
Unity is not the ultimate measure of orthodoxy or orthopraxy. Catholics have unity after a fashion (the 14 or so rites, 6 or so species of belief within each of those rights, not to mention ethnic variants, can be brushed aside for the moment) because they have a monarch in the pope, who rules by autocratic decree, and tolerates no dissent except as it furthers the aims of the Vatican. The fact that Babylon was united under Nebuchadnezzer did not make them Christians.
your analogy of the Pople and Nebuchadnezzer is weak. Jesus did not come to create a democracy as is the Kingdom of Heaven which is NOT a democracy. That is a new world definition you are trying to lay on the church and it just has no weight.
I am not the one who brought up the issue of unity. My only point was to demonstrate that unity is not what its all about. Unity without God is quite possible. But as for autocracy - Jesus also said "do not lord it over each other as the pagans do". Yes, the church is not a democracy, but Jesus is the head, not "his eminence" the pope. Yet, in the early catholic church, for the 1st 3 centuries the faithful elected their bishops. Until the bishops claimed that right for themselves.
perhaps this tradition of electing bishops is one of the erroneous traditions. Or perhaps it was inconvenient to maintain this tradition, so it was substituted with a later tradition? Obviously the 4th century tradition actually came from the apostles but the 1st century tradition didn't, otherwise the church wouldn't have departed from it.
All Christians are united in following Christ. You assume that "the church" means Catholics only rather than Church Universal.
Greentipman, you have back-tracked from your implication that all teaching was oral for 400 years, and that the bible did not come to be until the 5th century. But ignoring the fact that I refuted your claim that the Bible came from oral tradition, you have now changed the subject to reliability of translations.
I don't care whether you read the KJV or the NIV, in matters of doctrine, they do not differ.
Check your facts Greentipman. The teachings were not transmitted orally for 400 years. Already in the 2nd century, the Fathers speak of the scriptures of the new testament, the 4 books of the gospel, the epistles, the apocalypse of John as if they have been well established for quite some time. St. Hippolytus of Rome, early in the 3rd century speaks of the office of lector in the church, who is appointed by the bishop giving him "the book". Oral tradition for 400 years? Not.
"And you shall make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood, and you shall gild it with pure gold"-—Exodus 25:10-11 "So I made an ark of boards of incorruptible wood"—Deuteronomy 10:3 The Immaculate Conception
Oliver:Read ALL Rev12! Rev.12:5,6-"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron(Christ during the Millenium);and her child was caught up unto God,and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness,where she hath a place prepared of God,that they should feed her there,a thousand two hundred and threescore days." The WOMAN= NATION OF ISRAEL,which will flee to a safe place during tribulation.Cults always pervert Scripture,like satan did in the garden.
julieification what is interesting here is even Martin Luther had devotion for the Virgin Mary. This is all new, this anti-Mary movement. "Come with us to die of hunger, of fatigue, of humiliations and of suffering for the Immaculate"-Maximilian Kolbe You will know them by the fruits that they bare.
Oliver: You must take all Scripture in cotext,not use bits here and there to prove your catholic idolatry. That is perverting Scripture, which is a grave sin. Satan does the same thing.He did it in the garden, and is still doing it. Read: "I am the Lord:that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." (Isaiah42:8) "Neither is there salvation in any other:for there is no other name under heaven given among men by whereby we must be saved."(Acts 4:12)
No. Once again, Scripture taken out of context. Let's read what it really says: "And the Word(Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the Father, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.John1:14. Now, what did the angel really say to Mary. Let's read Luke 1:28. "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." Nothing mentioned here about being sinless!
St. Paul says 'God sent his Son born of a woman, These words which I hold for true, really sustain quite firmly that Mary is the Mother of God." -Martin Luther, Martin Luther's Works, vol 7, pg 592 He was the beginning of the protestant movement. This anti-Mary movement is new. The anti-Mary movement is evil. Please, just stop talking about her. Please, for my mercy.
Please. "Come let us reason together saith the Lord."(Bible). I don't hate Mary. She would have been a wonderful young woman whom God chose to bless. Saying she is not sinless is not hate. It is Scriptural. Also, you say Mary had no other children? Hmm. Jesus had quite a few brothers. They didn't even believe in Him until He died.Like I said before, Oliver, if church dogma contradicts Scripture, dump the dogma.
julieification Mary said, "be it done to me according to thy word"-Luke 1:38 thy word did not involve sin. "not my will, but thine, be done."-Luke 22:42 you see a trend here?
Oliver, have you listened to the man on this video? Really listen, oh never mind, you probably are not allowed to listen to books or tapes that contradict your church. Did you notice Mary said "..my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior." She said she is a "handmaiden of the Lord", not His co-redeemer. Catholics are determined to have a goddess-- "Our Lady". But, "My glory will I not SHARE WITH ANOTHER" (God).
julieification She is the last restore for salvation for many. Maximilian Kolbe, said, that we go with Mary, to God. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for God, so we listen to him. Not to some guy on the internet.
Tell Maximilian to read his Bible. You listen to him? Not God? Is that what the Bible says to do? No. "We ought to obey God rather than man"(Bible). You have made Mary into a goddess. That's called idolatry!
julieification in refrence to Maximilian Kolbe "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."-John 15:13 don't respond to me, please
FULL OF GRACE, that means, did not sin. "and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against; yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."-Luke 2:34:-35 The Immaculate Heart
DOes Scro[ture go against you catholic teaching?Then choose Scripture.We are commanded to be like the Bereans, who tested everything they heard by the Word of God.She indeed was blessed, and went on to have more children.Catholic church says she remained a virgin. A lie.Satan is the "father of lies".Catholic church has made a goddess out of Mary.Her soul magnified Christ.Why do people insist on putting the dogmas of their church above the WORDS OF GOD?!!
We call Her the Virgin Mary for a reason. Because we believe She remained one. God told the devil: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman"-genesis 3:15 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars"-Revelation 12 The Immaculate One
@Oliver1456 Have you not read Luke 8:19-21? Perhaps Mark 3:31-32? Mark 6:3 even? The Bible clearly tells that Jesus had brothers, and even sisters. Were they immaculately conceived as well? Mary did not remain a virgin. Yes, she was blessed for giving birth to our Savior. But she is not a queen, goddess, co-redemptress or anything other than a humble woman who was chosen by God to carry Jesus in her womb.
@PrayingSquirrel The idea that those were Jesus' step brothers comes from the Protoevangelium of James. Do you think the Vatican just made stuff up as they went along? She remained a virgin and she never sinned. That is what the truth is. Ave Maria
@PrayingSquirrel Catholic and non-Catholic students of Scripture are not agreed as to who were the parents of James and Joseph and Simon and Jude. Most Catholic scholars believe that they are the cousins of the Lord, their mother being Mary, the wife of Cleophas (Clopas). They come to this conclusion by comparison with other texts, i.e., John 19:25.
@PrayingSquirrel We also know that in the Old Testament the word "brother" or "brethren" was not reserved for blood brothers but for other relatives also. It was used: . FOR ALL RELATIVES,Genesis 29:15, "And Laban said unto Jacob, 'Because thou art my brother, should thou, therefore, serve me for naught'." We know that Jacob was the nephew of Laban
@PrayingSquirrel In this particular text if Simon and Jude and James and Joseph were cousins, as they probably were, they could not be CALLED "cousin" for there was no word in Aramaic for cousin. If we suppose that these were blood brothers we will have to admit they were born AFTER Christ -- since no one today questions the virginity of Mary PRIOR to the birth of Christ
@PrayingSquirrel But in John 7:3, 4 and also in Mark 3:21 we see these "brothers" rebuking our Lord. Now it was unthinkable among Jews for a younger brother to take such a role. Still further, in the story of the crucifixion in John 19, we read that the dying Lord gave His mother into the keeping of St. John. This would not be done if He had other living brothers.
@PrayingSquirrel The most important argument, however, is found in the fact that nowhere in the New Testament is anyone else EXCEPT Jesus called the ''SON" of Mary. He is always pointed out as HER Son. Nor is SHE ever called the MOTHER of anyone else. She is always referred to as the mother of JESUS.
This guy obviously doesn't understand the Catholic stance on Mary and what salvation is and how it comes about. She is a co-redemptress, but all who suffer for Christ is also a co-redeemer. Since we are all part of the Body of Christ, if you or I suffer for Christ, those sufferings are applied to the work that was done on the cross.
He wasn't very clear on his scriptural evidence either, I've seen better. ;-)
The work that was done on the cross was complete. Sinners like you and I can add nothing to it. I don't have the power to redeem anyone, and neither do you. Mary doesn't have that power either. Only Jesus Christ has that power. Only He is sinless, only He is God. Anyone that claims to add to the perfect work of Jesus Christ does not recognize his own sinfulness and sets himself up in the place of God. Pride is a sin.
The Church has never claimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary redeems anyone. Rather, she participated in God's plan of redemption by being the means through which her Lord and her son would enter the world.
In declaring the doctrine of Mary's sinlessness, Pope Pius IX wrote,
"Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
Of course Christ's work on the cross was and is complete. This is why he said "Tetestai", It is finished. But our work is not.
This is why Paul writes, "I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the Church."
God's will is to work in and through his Son's Catholic Church as she persists throughout time, defending the truth from heretics, schismatics and apostates.
Using the writings of the Catholic church to justify the errors of the Catholic church carries little weight with me. The heirarchy of the Catholic church has set itself up in the place of the pharisees, as anyone who reads the scriptures can plainly see, although I'm sure the Catholic church would decline to approve such an interpretation. It is for Christ to judge, and so He will. His opinion of the pharisees gives an indication.
You still have not justified the adoration and attention given to Mary which should go to her Son alone. "all generations will call me blessed" is a prediction, not a request. I too call her blessed, but not sinless, and I do not adore her. I adore only her Son, the triune God. She is not queen of heaven. There is one mediator between God and man 1Tim2:5 and it is not Mary nor any other saint, it is Jesus Christ. Beware the leaven of the pharisees.
Again, you have erred greatly. Your way seems right to you, but the end of it is not Christ.
You have accepted a man made system, a tradition that finds its root only in the Protestant rebellion of the 16th century but finds its real strength only in 20th century America.
The Catholic Church is rooted in Christ's call to the Apostles, not the Pharisees, and remains as a sign of Christ's presence on earth.
We do not adore the Blessed Virgin Mary; she is venerated as the Mother of the Lord.
You fail to understand the object of the rosary. Throughout the prayers, in the Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous and Glorious Mysteries we are participating in the life of Jesus Christ. To reject the rosary is to reject Scripture because the rosary is Scripture come alive through prayer and recollection.
To deny that we should ask Mary to pray for us is to deny intercessory prayer. Have you ever asked anyone to pray for you? The saints, including Mary, are closer to Christ and will pray for us.
None of the apostles acted like the popes. They did not wear the trappings of worldly power. Men did not stoop to kiss the gold rings on their fingers. How is it that the popes of the church think of themselves even more highly than the one they supposedly succeeded, Peter? How is it that Peter did not claim to be infallible or inerrant, yet the popes do?
Here, you have gotten trapped in the surface rather than the substance. The vestments of the Catholic Church all go back to the 1st century and reflect the clothing of the Apostles and the priests.
Styles have naturally changed throughout the centuries, but the Apostolic Succession that leads from Peter, our 1st pope, to Benedict is unbroken. Jesus promised this to his church and he has not failed. Each pope is the successor of Peter.
Another thing you lack is a clear understanding of the Sacred Tradition of the Church. This is not the tradition of men but rather those things the Apostles taught orally to all of the Catholic Bishops and priests that were not written in Sacred Scripture.
Scripture itself is a form of Tradition - Written Tradition rather than Oral Tradition. Only the Catholic Church received and maintained the Oral Tradition of the Apostles and no amount of persecution has been able to force us to deny it.
The problem with oral tradition is, how do you know it has been faithfully transmitted? You know, even the early church fathers contradicted each other often. Anything that God thought was important to transmit to believers, he had enough foresight to have written down and included in the canon of scriptures. Further, even in the days of the apostles, there were heretics and apostates, there is no reason to believe that this "oral tradition" is free from error. How soon men go astray.
I will say again that the truths of the gospel of Christ were given to us orally through the preaching of Our Lord, and later written down - in the Gospels, in the Letters of the NT and in the writings of the Church Fathers, who were taught by the Apostles, especially St. John.
Do you trust the Holy Spirit? It is only through the Holy Spirit that we have been given this knowledge which is therefore free from error.
The Fathers were not infallible, but show me where they contradicted each other.
Given perhaps orally, but then quickly set down on paper that they may not change, and that the truth may be known. Not so with tradition. Even in the times of Paul, and more so in the times of the Fathers, heretics were among the faithful, distorting the tradition that was handed down. Take Tertullian, a Father of the Church, even during his "catholic" phase, he maintained that Mary was not a perpetual virgin. Yet the church today disagrees.
If you read my previous postings please notice I have always spoken sincerely and directly about the truths of the Catholic faith. I am a devout Catholic, deeply in love with the Lord and I invite you to consider coming home to the Catholic Church. I can tell you that I speak from the heart of the Church when I declare that the Catholic Church is the one holy, apostolic Church founded by Our Lord by his own authority on the rock of the faith of Peter and the Apostles.
I believe that the Church started out on the right track, but I believe that over the years it succumbed to the temptation to wield temporal worldly power and was corrupted. The bible is the unchanging reference point. In it, God included everything that is necessary for his children to know. When we deviate from it or add to it, we are no longer following Christ.
not at all. writing lasts, words do not. spoken words exist for a moment. Writing lasts for centuries and once on paper, does not change. textual evidence for the bible is stronger than any other ancient book. You have no such assurance with oral tradition.
I have greatly appreciated your comments on the Blessed Virgin Mary and on the nature of the Catholic Church. You speak the truth of Christ while these Protestants act as though they can interpret Scripture in any way they choose.
They should recognize that to the extent that they accept the canon of the New Testament, the Trinitarian nature of God and the divinity of Jesus Christ, they also accept the authority of the Catholic Church.
Death from the sky, you won't survive. Dark clouds will fill the skies. Vaporizing all your prayers, burning them away. A funeral held for the lies of christanity. All humanity will soon learn, That jesus christ shall never return. Final day of christianity. Leviathan rises from the raging sea. Seize power and glory, Lucifer is calling. I am Satan, master of the Earth. Condemn your souls for all theyre worth. You will bow down and worship me. I am your savior for all eternity.
It is written, that you shall only worship the LORD your GOD, for he is a jealous GOD. Since Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is GOD in flesh, he is WORTHY to be worshiped. It is written, no one can get to GOD but by the Christ.
The Tabernacle is commonly used as a place of worship, but it can also be used as a resting place, a dwelling place or a portable sanctuary.
By you saying that Jews clearly worshiped Moses and Elijah is wrong. Show me where that is written.
Well put. The actual word Gabriel spoke to Mary was, in Greek, "kecharitomene" which was translated by St. Jerome as the Latin "gratia plena" or "full of grace".
Mary was completely and utterly filled with grace, with no room left for sin.
She was therefore - as Pope Pius IX declared dogmatically in 1854 - born without sin, preserved from all sin by her son Jesus Christ.
Grace is not the opposite of sin. It is completely possible to be both sinful and full of grace. Grace is unmerited favor - which is what God gives as a gift to sinful men. In fact, if Mary was without sin, she had no need of grace. The fact that Gabriel called her "full of grace" indicates that God favored her with his Son, even though she did not merit the honor.
None of what you have written is scriptural or supported by anything other than human doctrines cloaked in the worldly power of the church.
The "bride" of the bible is the church, not Mary.
I believe that the Mary depicted in the bible would be mortified to distract attention from her Son, let alone accept veneration. She never asked for it, and never encouraged it. Jesus never told us to venerate her, or any of the other "saints". He ought to be the only focus.
The pharisees of Jesus' day also were able to justify their excesses in their own minds. They also forbade the interpretation of scriptures by anyone other than the elite heirarchy. They also set themselves above other men, and added impossible burdens to God's law, which were really traditions of men, and they regarded them as equal to the word of God. They also relied on ritual and rote, but their hearts were far from God. Whitewashed tombs.
"We are compelled to concede to the Papists that they have the Word of God, that we received it from them, and that without them we should have no knowledge of it at all."
The Catholic Church does NOT raise Mary up to the same position as her Son.
However, the Bible tells us that those who die and are saved are fully alive, that they are aware of earthly affairs, and that they love us; therefore it makes perfect sense to ask for their intersession. See James 5:16-18 and Matthew 22:32.
To deny Mary her title, Mother of God, is to deny Jesus HIS title, for it is to deny that Mary is His mother or to deny that Jesus is God, and either is heretical.
Also, we call Mary the Mediatrix of all graces because God chose to make it so. In becoming man and coming to earth, God chose to involve Mary. By enlisting the cooperation of Mary and human biology, God chose to use human "mediation" in the Incarnation. Because Mary brought Jesus into this world, which in turn led to our salvation, because Mary gave that fiat, that "yes," she is then Mediatrix in that first sense.
By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the peoples, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Beware lest any one cheat you through vain philosophy and empty deceit according to the TRADITION of man according to the basic principles of this world and not according to CHRIST for in HIM dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are COMPLETE in HIM who is HEAD of all principality and power!!!!
It's impossible to say that there is no holiness attributed to the Blessed Mother in Scripture. I mean, come on. God CHOSE her to be the mother of HIS SON. That means that He chose a PURE VESSAL. If that's not a special holiness, I don't know what is.
"Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women and Blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen"
Jesus cannot deny his loving mother prayer or intercession.
I was moved to cringe at every painful blow inflicted on Christ. I could feel the emotional torment that Mary endured as she watched her son tortured.a person who saw the movie The Passion of the Christ
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, that he raised Christ whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.1 Corinthians 15:29
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised your faith is futile and you are still in your sins . 29 Otherwise, what will those people who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Around 2:20-2:26 the preacher said if Mary objected, there would be no Jesus. I think this falacious; If mary had objected, there would have been other virgins (with same scriptural bloodlines as her) to take her place. God aint limited by man's uncooperation. Elijah once said 'I even I alone am left of the prophets of God'. but God said to him there're 7000 prophets of mine who did not bow down to baal. God is too big to be limited by man in any way.
Likewise is your own mother worthy? Anybody saved in Jesus Christ is just as pure and worthy as Mary. She is not superior to anybody in Christ in any way. God is no respecter of persons. The fact that God chose her to bear Jesus aint make Mary superior to other women or others in any way. Anyone who repents in God is a new person. Was a harlot not once part of the bloodline that would lead to Jesus? Does that make the harlot superior to other people?
Some corrections; first of all I aint hate Mary (earthly mother of Jesus); infact I respect her also. But to me, she aint superior to other people in christ in any way. As for the RCC Mary, I hate with a passion b'cos this is a demonic entity (and NOT the earthly mother of Jesus). This RCC 'Mary' is hiding under Jesus' mother's name in order to continue propagating its evils. The RCC 'Mary' and Mary (Jesus' mother) ARE NOT THE SAME.
If the Catholic Church isn't correct and all other churches broke away from the Catholic Church.
WHICH CHURCH IS THE CORRECT ONE?
``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D
Mary is a servant of ALMIGHT GOD. Mary is not a goddess nor sinless. All have sinned. Mary is the person that gave birth to the human form of CHRIST. She is blessed among women, but a sinner she is.
If you want to call Mary the Mother of GOD because she game birth to the CHRIST, then its on you. But giving her praise, glory and prayers is against scripture, period. All honor, glory, praise and prayers goes to the FATHER, AMIGHTY GOD in the name of JESUS the CHRIST. Amen.
sosmither 1 month ago
High shaky tower of EXCLUSIVE FEMININE DOGMAS added to Mark 16,16 now forced on Catholics for them to be saved. 00Fabien
00Fabien 2 months ago
I am sure that any woman who gives birth to GOD is more special than I am. And I am sure if Mary gave birth to God she would be "closer" to God than any of us. since she is his mother.
huka0104 2 months ago in playlist Catholic LIES
@JesusSaveTheEarth Amen! Keep at it, my brother!
kiwichristian2009 7 months ago
The Gospel of Jesus Christ has absolutely nothing to do with Mary. None of the Apostles ever mentioned Mary in their Epistles. Jesus never directed us to recognize Mary. In fact, the Bible clearly states in Matthew 11:11 that there has never been a child born amongst women greater than John the Baptist.
kiwichristian2009 7 months ago
brother I believe the mother of james the less and james and john the sons of zebedee was indeed the mother of Jesus, read the following verses...Matthew 13:54-56 Mark 6:2-3 then John 19:25-27 .then read John 19:25 Mark 15:40-41 and Matthew 27:55,56,61 to determine which mary was which..it is stated very clearly in Matthew 1:24-25 that joseph "knew her not till Jesus was born" the word "knew" meant joseph had sexual relations after jesus birth and this can be proven in Gen 4:1,17 and 25 
tario26 8 months ago in playlist Catholic LIES
What is truly preposterous about this is that the presenter has the audacity to present HIS OWN assumptions at the end about Mary's life and what he believed her thoughts were, even after he spent the entire time saying "That's not in the Bible!" Here's the logic behind the centuries of the Catholic Church's teaching... If Jesus was God, then he surely must have kept the commandments perfectly, including Honor Thy Mother and Father.  After Mary's life on earth, He honored her perfectly, by....
pangman77 9 months ago
@pangman77 (cont'd) ...setting aside a very special place for her in heaven. Every Christian knows that Mary was a very pious and devout follower of Christ...how could she NOT be? During the first 30 years of Jesus's earthly life, could you imagine the incredible mother-and-son bond that they must have developed? Mary loved Christ more than any person that has ever lived or ever will live! Yet because she was a mortal creature just like one of us, she becomes our greatest advocate in heaven!
pangman77 9 months ago
@pangman77 (cont'd) ...Furthermore, if we are to live our lives by imitating Christ, just as he perfectly honored the Almighty Father in Heaven by giving glory to Him every moment of His earthly life, can we not honor Mary by loving her and respecting her in the same way we love our own mothers? What's wrong with that? In addition, was not the womb that carried our Savior "holy" in every sense of the word? Surely, Mary must have had special graces from God to be called holy as well.
pangman77 9 months ago
She did not give consent to be the mother of Jesus? are you freaking kidding me? Read your bible. She agreed. She could well have disagreed.
a2j93 10 months ago
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Lu 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
(The HAILY MARY'S WERE BEGINING but Jesus would have none of it)
Lu 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
catholicexodus 11 months ago
Exactly. Gabriel told her what she was going to do and what was going to happen. He didn't ask her anything! Contrariwise, God said 'Who will go for us' and Isaiah said 'Here am I, send me!' The Magnificat almost mirrors Hannah's prayer but Catholics wouldn';t know that since it's actually in the Bible.
catholicexodus 11 months ago
Jesus Rebukes Mary Worship
LUKE 11:27,28
"And it came to pass as HE spake these things a certain woman of the company LIFTED up her voice & said unto him *Blessed* is the WOMB that BARE THEE & the PAPS which thou hast sucked. **BUT HE SAID** Yea RATHER, BLESSED are THEY that HEAR the WORD OF GOD & KEEP IT!!!
You think this is enough?....not quite, GOD does it again in Matt 12:46-50
With the testimony of 2 men...let that word be established. John 8:17 = Matthew & Luke
1978dagreat 11 months ago
Peter was an Elder. 1 Pet 5:1 No such thing as a pope & office of priest ceased when Jesus became Highpriest.
Strong's Dictionary Concordance Numbers (Greek) =
#4073 = Petra = CHRIST = Boulder, used 4 times in NT to describe Christ alone
#4074 = Petros = Peter = Piece of rock, used 162 times only to describe Peter
Matt 16:18
And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter=Petros=#4074) & upon *THIS ROCK* =PETRA= #4073) I will build my church-gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
1978dagreat 11 months ago
@1978dagreat Amen! There is NO evidence of the papacy even from peter himself!
kiwichristian2009 7 months ago
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@kiwichristian2009 Why wont you reply to my message on the papacy?
dis00612 7 months ago
3 Witneses=
Hebrew Culture = 1 Peter 2:8
"And a stone of stumbling, a ROCK =4073=Petra of offence"
Greek Culture = 1 Cor 10:4
"And did all drink same spiritual drink for they drank that spiritual ROCK=4073=Petra that followed them & that ROCK=4073=Petra was CHRIST"
Roman Culture = Rom 9:33
"As it is written, Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone & ROCK=4073=Petra of offence & whosoever believeth on HIM shall not be ashamed"
JESUS is the ROCK of HIS church then, now & forever
1978dagreat 11 months ago
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@JesusSaveTheEarth
"I was born and raised a Catholic but Jesus saved me."
What sense does that sentence make ? How do you say you were "born catholic" ? Does that mean you were baptized ? Were you not saved in your baptize ?
"other Catholics but sadly most of them deafen their ears."
thats proof that God will never abandon His children.
MrJamesthecatholic 1 year ago
The pope is the antichrist who controls the new world order. The pope is the anti christ the lord jesus warned his people about. The prophecy of the bible warned us that the anti christ would come out of the divided roman empire kill Gods people change the sabbath day and glorify himself as high as christ . The popes achieved fullfing Gods prophecy conserning the anti christ. The pope and his jesuits worship satan secretley they are serving satan they control the freemasons and illumanati
vladimirkovalski 1 year ago
@vladimirkovalski
"The pope is the antichrist who controls the new world order."
Thats your personal opinion. Any reason any other human being with common sense should believe that ? You state opinions as though they are facts. Bad for you.
MrJamesthecatholic 1 year ago
@MrJamesthecatholic They are a fact. You see only the pope enforced the change of the sabbath day came out of the divided roman empire after its collpased gave the order to kill the christians in the inqusition and called himself jesus substitute and destroyed the herlui vandals and osthrgaths 3 of the original ten kingdoms that came out of the divided roman empire. You see according to daniel the anti christ would do this and so far only one man in his has done this its the pope
vladimirkovalski 1 year ago
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@vladimirkovalski
"They are a fact."
Why because you say so ?
"enforced the change of the sabbath day came out of the divided roman empire after its coll
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man empir"
Makes no sense to me at all. If what you wrote makes sense to you - good for you.
MrJamesthecatholic 1 year ago
@vladimirkovalski
There have been 265 popes so far. So according to you which of these popes were anti christ ? all ? some ?
MrJamesthecatholic 1 year ago
@MrJamesthecatholic every pope has fullfilled bible prophecy as the little horn power daniel saw would come out of the divided roman empire and speak great blasphemy and pompus words about himself. REV 17 SAYS THE BEAST who rules in the last days will be like the blasphemoues kings before him. This shows that the line the anti christ comes out of is a long line of blasphemeres and according to rev 17 that power sits with the harlot church in rome the city which rules over the kings of the earth
vladimirkovalski 11 months ago
@vladimirkovalski
"every pope has fullfilled bible prophecy as the little horn power daniel saw would come out of the divided roman empire"
hmm really ? So was St Peter, the first pope the Anti Christ too ? This is really getting interesting. If you say St Peter was not - you just contradicted your "every pope" statement. Even if thats the case and we ignore logic, please name the first Anti Christ pope.
MrJamesthecatholic 11 months ago
@vladimirkovalski Amen!
kiwichristian2009 7 months ago
@MrJamesthecatholic peter was not a pope he didnt act like the popes or teach what the popes teached. The popes made peter into something he never said about himself. PETER wouldnt LET PEOPLE bow down to him according to acts peter never dared say the church was build on him because the lord jesus called him a little rock that you throw. The lord jesus said his church would be build on foundation stone and paul said christ is foundation stone the only rock. satan made peter devine not God
vladimirkovalski 11 months ago 3
@vladimirkovalski
"peter was not a pope he didnt act like the popes or teach what the popes teached."
To be protestant is to be a zero in history. So then why dont you tell us the name of the first anti Christ pope, when he became the anti Christ and the act he did to become the anti Christ. ?
Please explain.
MrJamesthecatholic 11 months ago
@MrJamesthecatholic When constantine the pagan emperor joined church and state and gave the power of the state to the church that point fulfilled the prophecy of the anti christ. BECAUSE WHEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE was divided around 500 ad it was divided into ten kingdoms just as daniel predicted in daniel 7. bUt daniel said after wards a little horn a blasphemoues pompus man would arise from the middle of those kingdoms and would destroy 3 of them history prooves the pope is the man daniel predict
vladimirkovalski 11 months ago
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@vladimirkovalski
"When constantine the pagan emperor joined church and state...."
ok ... but you havent answered what I asked, you rather say something else.. let me repeat
Tell us the name of the first anti Christ pope, when he became the anti Christ and the act he did to become the anti Christ. ? simple... answer the.. since you are so sure about the pope anti Christ thing.. should be a piece of cake for you. So answer please.
MrJamesthecatholic 11 months ago
another goofy demon that hates the Mother of God......another goof, a different day.
jofo817 1 year ago 5
@jofo817 The demon is the thing that shows up claiming to be Mary. This man is preaching the truth of God.
catholicexodus 11 months ago
@jofo817 listen the christian church of the lord jesus doesnt boil people alive doesnt set them on fire doesnt have torture chambers under there church that is what the harlot church of revelation 17 does and that is the catholic church. Infact revelation 17 even said the harlot church would sit with the anti christ in rome the city which lays on seven hills and rules over the nations of the earth REVELATION 17:9
vladimirkovalski 7 months ago
@vladimirkovalski ...you silly little demons really do hate the mother of GOD dont you?
jofo817 7 months ago
@jofo817 the roman catholic church is guilty for boiling christrians in pots torturing them with torture chambers under churches. Not even athiests and communist do this to there victims. How can you still stand there and say this is a church that loves the lord JESUS? tHIS CHURCH brought idols and paganism in christianity idols of mary and saints this church told people you could buy forgivness in the dark ages this is the harlot church the lord jesus warned us about this is satans counterfit
vladimirkovalski 7 months ago
@jofo817 Dude, how can she be the mother of GOD, if GOD existed before her?
SpanishDomodeath 1 month ago
@SpanishDomodeath ........because Jesus Christ is GOD and Mary is his Mother :)
jofo817 1 month ago
@jofo817 If Mary is the mother of GOD, as you seem to believe. Then she is a goddess correct?
SpanishDomodeath 1 month ago
@SpanishDomodeath in a way "yes"......look up the name/definition of "Theotokos" which is translated from the Greek as "God-Bearer" which means the one chosen to give birth to GOD....Also, read Luke Chapter 1 Verse 43 (Luke 1:43) when Elizabeth called Mary "The Mother of her Lord) right after being filled with the Holy Spirit. In essence Elizabeth was referring to Mary as the Mother of God (Luke 1:43) !
jofo817 1 month ago
@JesusSaveTheEarth don't be discouraged brother, the Word goes forth, and God will water it!
14greg14 1 year ago
@JesusSetsMeFree It was a great fish..whales are great fish..it's a biblical assumtion..the bible says neither whale or not a whale hence great fish..It could of been a dinosaur for all we know!
14greg14 1 year ago
All of which was fulfilled in the New Testament was foretold in the Old Testament. That Jesus would be the unique savior of the world, is simply fulfillment of scripture. But you can't find that sort of prophecy about Mary.
Jeremiah condemns those who baked cakes for the "Queen of Heaven". That Catholics even call Mary this is a serious blunder.
If you research the names given to Isis, you will find that Mary is called the same thing. This is an import from Paganism.
These are red flags.
courag1 1 year ago
Christ alone deserves our attention.....Revelation 5.....12 "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."
johnthreesixteen316 1 year ago
thank god you found this out!! the catholic church has made alot of people lose faith...and for that they are killed! sometimes even the catholics make it look like if god was a blood thursty monster!! with a god like that who needs satan!
camarada911 1 year ago
The Church Fathers disciples of Peter and John all write about the virginity and reverence for her and of course Hol Mass, Euchharist...read polycarp.
xukeith33 1 year ago
The rosary is simply praying the Gospel. Our Father..straight from scripture, Hail Mary ..straight from scripture. 20 mysteries. Meditating on Jesus' life. birth-resurrection.
Mary is a model for all of us.. humility.
Rome does not teach dogmatically that she is the comediatrics. There are 4 Marian dogmas. Mary is the Mother of God. She intercedes for all. Nobody knows Jesus better than Mary.
xukeith33 1 year ago
@xukeith33 I never said she wasn't a virgin when Jesus was born. I said she didn't remain one.
PrayingSquirrel 1 year ago
AMEN!, bottom line is that is a cult teaching
greatestgiftis 1 year ago
God knows the heart of every man and woman.
I believe God hand chose Mary because he knew Mary would be willing to carry Jesus in her womb. I don't believe that Mary was forced to do anything against her will. I believe that Mary was delighted and honored to have been chosen...not resentful and forced.
Someone would have to carry Jesus, and God picked someone who would be agreeable and prepared.
ladyEulaelie 1 year ago
i disagree... God respects our free will. had Mary not consented, God would have respected that.
InnaGee 1 year ago
And of for the end of this video, the reason why Mary is so highly revered is BECAUSE she was so humble and showed so much humility and is exemplary in showing a God-fearing person. I encourage you to one day go through the Stations of the Cross. In the prayers of the recounting of the journey of Jesus from being condmened to being crucified, you will see the emphasis put on both the pain of Jesus and of Mary seeing her son about to die.
I will be praying for you.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
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When you speak of the Virgin Mary not being "co anything", you assume that "co" means "equal to" which it does not. Being Co-Redemptrix means that the Blessed Mother played a large part in bringing the Saviour Our Lord Jesus into the world, yet all he CO redemptrix qualities are 100% dependent on Christ. The only reason she is called (and not even yet officially by the Church) co-redemptrix is because she gave birth to Christ, and submitted fully to the will of God.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
When you speak of the Virgin Mary not being "co anything", you assume that "co" means "equal to" which it does not. Being Co-Redemptrix means that the Blessed Mother played a large part in bringing the Saviour Our Lord Jesus into the world, yet all he CO redemptrix qualities are 100% dependent on Christ. The only reason she is called (and not even yet officially by the Church) co-redemptrix is because she gave birth to Christ, and submitted fully to the will of God.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
All grace comes from God, Catholics acknowledge that wholeheartedly. It is the means by which we recieve His grace that us Catholic and our Protestant brethren disagree.
Think of as a resorvoir. The water (grace) comes from one source, the resorvoir (God), yet the way the water gets to the people varies, for their may be pipes or aqueducts (the Sacraments) by which the people recieve His grace. Mary is one of these pipes, merely a passageway for Gods grace.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
Just as we wouldn't purposefully bust open the pipes and destroy them, we shouldn't degrade and put down the mediators of God's grace.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
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Just as we wouldn't purposefully bust open the pipes and destroy them, we shouldn't degrade and put down the mediators of God's grace.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
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Just as we wouldn't purposefully bust open the pipes and destroy them, we shouldn't degrade and put down the mediators of God's grace.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
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Just as we wouldn't purposefully bust open the pipes and destroy them, we shouldn't degrade and put down the mediators of God's grace.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
This is a good one. I wish all catholics would come to know the truth.
ebele100 2 years ago
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First of all I am an ex-Roman Catholic and I am very familiar with Catholicism. Catholics pray to Mary, which in reality is a demonic apparition pretending to be Mary. I used to want to believe it was Mary too, but it just isn't true. Compare the demon's words with scripture and the truth shall be known. Catholics also kiss the feet of the Pope and treat him as the Vicar of Christ. He isn't the Vicar of Christ. He is a sinful human being who needs a savior just like the rest of us.
johnthreesixteen316 2 years ago
This was very good and informative.Many catholics just know what they have been told all their lives.If it is said enough than "it must be true".They do not really study the Bible.Blind leading the blind.Of course,I am not catholic.We visited Poland and saw the Black Madonna.Yes,they were worshiping ,bowing and crawling miles{I heard}.I don't get it.But they do not read the truth in the scriptures.They believe what was told to them.
estelle715 2 years ago
We believe that true worship of God must be done with all senses.. So when we are in a prayer state sometimes we need to touch something, yet it is not worship since we do not consider the statue to be God. The crawling I have always assumed is a way to get closer to the pain Jesus experienced. We truly want to become more like him in every single way possible.
RockyBalboa211 2 years ago
@estelle715
You ignorantly assume that Catholics do not study the Bible. In fact, it has been shown that the Mass contains more readings from scripture than Protestant services, and being a former Baptist I can attest to this.
There is a difference between worship and veneration. What you saw the faithful in Poland do was venerate the Blessed Mother in the form of the Black Madonna. Veneration shows respect for whomever is being venerated.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
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@estelle715
You ignorantly assume that Catholics do not study the Bible. In fact, it has been shown that the Mass contains more readings from scripture than Protestant services, and being a former Baptist I can attest to this.
There is a difference between worship and veneration. What you saw the faithful in Poland do was venerate the Blessed Mother in the form of the Black Madonna. Veneration shows respect for whomever is being venerated.
ieatbruins4bfast 1 year ago
Excellent! Thanks so much for this video.
julieification 2 years ago
Great post! Thank you for making them see the Light.
Cherubaby 2 years ago
Question, why did the Catholic Church abandon the tradition of the Church Fathers which directed (not suggested) that baptism of men and women was to be done in the nude (both the baptised and the baptisers - bishop and deacon), so that no foreign object would touch the blessed waters?
kozulich 2 years ago
Greentipman: So the Holy Fathers were the ones, the Holy Spirit used to establish the Truth and to rebuke the heresies of mouth or written matter.
Did the Holy Spirit tell you that or how do you know? Do you believe there are heresies in the Bible as you imply? Does the bible matter to you at all? Which translation? Don't you realize that the "Holy Fathers" were often at odds with each other? How do you know the side of error did not prevail?
kozulich 2 years ago
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Matthew 16:16-18 The words of Jesus "Even death and hell can not come against MY CHURCH"
One church since 33 AD (God Made)
66,000 man made so-called-church... a scandel,,, ýou shall know by the fruits...
Remember One flock and One shepherd
One Pope (substitute for Christ) One Church....(ideal family)
Get back to where you once belonged...
sldrfrchrist 2 years ago
Moreover, it will be a supernatural kingdom of truth, in the world, though not of it (John 18:36). It will be one and undivided, and this unity shall be a witness to all men that its founder came from God (John 17:21).
catholicandfree 2 years ago
Christ's true church is to be a kingdom ruled in His absence by men (Matthew 18:18; John 21:17). It is therefore a visible theocracy; and it will be substituted for the Jewish theocracy that has rejected Him (Matthew 21:43). In it, until the day of judgment, the bad will be mingled with the good (Matthew 13:41). Its extent will be universal (Matthew 28:19), and its duration to the end of time (Matthew 13:49); all powers that oppose it shall be crushed (Matthew 21:44).
catholicandfree 2 years ago
Luke 1:1-4. Oral Tradition came before New Testament Scriptures. When St. Paul wrote Galatians 1:6-9 there was NO written New Testament:
See Mark 16:15 ; John 20:30-31 ; John 21:25 ; 1 Corinthians 11:2 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 2 Thesslonians 3:6 ; 2 Timothy 1:13 ; 2 Timothy 2:2 ; 1 Peter 1:25 ; 2 Peter 1:20-21 ; 2 John 12 ; 3 John 13
catholicandfree 2 years ago
Unity is not the ultimate measure of orthodoxy or orthopraxy. Catholics have unity after a fashion (the 14 or so rites, 6 or so species of belief within each of those rights, not to mention ethnic variants, can be brushed aside for the moment) because they have a monarch in the pope, who rules by autocratic decree, and tolerates no dissent except as it furthers the aims of the Vatican. The fact that Babylon was united under Nebuchadnezzer did not make them Christians.
kozulich 2 years ago
your analogy of the Pople and Nebuchadnezzer is weak. Jesus did not come to create a democracy as is the Kingdom of Heaven which is NOT a democracy. That is a new world definition you are trying to lay on the church and it just has no weight.
catholicandfree 2 years ago
I am not the one who brought up the issue of unity. My only point was to demonstrate that unity is not what its all about. Unity without God is quite possible. But as for autocracy - Jesus also said "do not lord it over each other as the pagans do". Yes, the church is not a democracy, but Jesus is the head, not "his eminence" the pope. Yet, in the early catholic church, for the 1st 3 centuries the faithful elected their bishops. Until the bishops claimed that right for themselves.
kozulich 2 years ago
perhaps this tradition of electing bishops is one of the erroneous traditions. Or perhaps it was inconvenient to maintain this tradition, so it was substituted with a later tradition? Obviously the 4th century tradition actually came from the apostles but the 1st century tradition didn't, otherwise the church wouldn't have departed from it.
All Christians are united in following Christ. You assume that "the church" means Catholics only rather than Church Universal.
kozulich 2 years ago
Greentipman, you have back-tracked from your implication that all teaching was oral for 400 years, and that the bible did not come to be until the 5th century. But ignoring the fact that I refuted your claim that the Bible came from oral tradition, you have now changed the subject to reliability of translations.
I don't care whether you read the KJV or the NIV, in matters of doctrine, they do not differ.
kozulich 2 years ago
Check your facts Greentipman. The teachings were not transmitted orally for 400 years. Already in the 2nd century, the Fathers speak of the scriptures of the new testament, the 4 books of the gospel, the epistles, the apocalypse of John as if they have been well established for quite some time. St. Hippolytus of Rome, early in the 3rd century speaks of the office of lector in the church, who is appointed by the bishop giving him "the book". Oral tradition for 400 years? Not.
kozulich 2 years ago
"Come with us to die of hunger, of fatigue, of humiliations and of suffering for the Immaculate"-Maximilian Kolbe
Oliver1456 2 years ago
"And you shall make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood, and you shall gild it with pure gold"-—Exodus 25:10-11 "So I made an ark of boards of incorruptible wood"—Deuteronomy 10:3 The Immaculate Conception
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Oliver:Read ALL Rev12! Rev.12:5,6-"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron(Christ during the Millenium);and her child was caught up unto God,and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness,where she hath a place prepared of God,that they should feed her there,a thousand two hundred and threescore days." The WOMAN= NATION OF ISRAEL,which will flee to a safe place during tribulation.Cults always pervert Scripture,like satan did in the garden.
julieification 2 years ago
julieification what is interesting here is even Martin Luther had devotion for the Virgin Mary. This is all new, this anti-Mary movement. "Come with us to die of hunger, of fatigue, of humiliations and of suffering for the Immaculate"-Maximilian Kolbe You will know them by the fruits that they bare.
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Thank you for an excellent video. I really learned from it. Well done.
julieification 2 years ago
Hail Mary!!!!!!!!
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Oliver: You must take all Scripture in cotext,not use bits here and there to prove your catholic idolatry. That is perverting Scripture, which is a grave sin. Satan does the same thing.He did it in the garden, and is still doing it. Read: "I am the Lord:that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." (Isaiah42:8) "Neither is there salvation in any other:for there is no other name under heaven given among men by whereby we must be saved."(Acts 4:12)
julieification 2 years ago
julieification Hail Mary, full of grace. This means, did not sin. Amen?
Oliver1456 2 years ago
No. Once again, Scripture taken out of context. Let's read what it really says: "And the Word(Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the Father, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.John1:14. Now, what did the angel really say to Mary. Let's read Luke 1:28. "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." Nothing mentioned here about being sinless!
julieification 2 years ago
St. Paul says 'God sent his Son born of a woman, These words which I hold for true, really sustain quite firmly that Mary is the Mother of God." -Martin Luther, Martin Luther's Works, vol 7, pg 592 He was the beginning of the protestant movement. This anti-Mary movement is new. The anti-Mary movement is evil. Please, just stop talking about her. Please, for my mercy.
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Please. "Come let us reason together saith the Lord."(Bible). I don't hate Mary. She would have been a wonderful young woman whom God chose to bless. Saying she is not sinless is not hate. It is Scriptural. Also, you say Mary had no other children? Hmm. Jesus had quite a few brothers. They didn't even believe in Him until He died.Like I said before, Oliver, if church dogma contradicts Scripture, dump the dogma.
julieification 2 years ago
julieification Mary said, "be it done to me according to thy word"-Luke 1:38 thy word did not involve sin. "not my will, but thine, be done."-Luke 22:42 you see a trend here?
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Oliver, have you listened to the man on this video? Really listen, oh never mind, you probably are not allowed to listen to books or tapes that contradict your church. Did you notice Mary said "..my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior." She said she is a "handmaiden of the Lord", not His co-redeemer. Catholics are determined to have a goddess-- "Our Lady". But, "My glory will I not SHARE WITH ANOTHER" (God).
julieification 2 years ago
julieification She is the last restore for salvation for many. Maximilian Kolbe, said, that we go with Mary, to God. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for God, so we listen to him. Not to some guy on the internet.
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Tell Maximilian to read his Bible. You listen to him? Not God? Is that what the Bible says to do? No. "We ought to obey God rather than man"(Bible). You have made Mary into a goddess. That's called idolatry!
julieification 2 years ago
julieification in refrence to Maximilian Kolbe "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."-John 15:13 don't respond to me, please
Oliver1456 2 years ago
Maximilian Kolbe read the bible very much. He died for Jesus and saved a life during the holocaust.
RockyBalboa211 2 years ago
Rocky, I don't know Kolbe, but if he was a born again Christian washed in the blood of the Lamb then he didn't die in vain.
julieification 2 years ago
FULL OF GRACE, that means, did not sin. "and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against; yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed."-Luke 2:34:-35 The Immaculate Heart
Oliver1456 2 years ago
DOes Scro[ture go against you catholic teaching?Then choose Scripture.We are commanded to be like the Bereans, who tested everything they heard by the Word of God.She indeed was blessed, and went on to have more children.Catholic church says she remained a virgin. A lie.Satan is the "father of lies".Catholic church has made a goddess out of Mary.Her soul magnified Christ.Why do people insist on putting the dogmas of their church above the WORDS OF GOD?!!
julieification 2 years ago
We call Her the Virgin Mary for a reason. Because we believe She remained one. God told the devil: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman"-genesis 3:15 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars"-Revelation 12 The Immaculate One
Oliver1456 2 years ago
@Oliver1456 Have you not read Luke 8:19-21? Perhaps Mark 3:31-32? Mark 6:3 even? The Bible clearly tells that Jesus had brothers, and even sisters. Were they immaculately conceived as well? Mary did not remain a virgin. Yes, she was blessed for giving birth to our Savior. But she is not a queen, goddess, co-redemptress or anything other than a humble woman who was chosen by God to carry Jesus in her womb.
PrayingSquirrel 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel The idea that those were Jesus' step brothers comes from the Protoevangelium of James. Do you think the Vatican just made stuff up as they went along? She remained a virgin and she never sinned. That is what the truth is. Ave Maria
Oliver1456 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel Catholic and non-Catholic students of Scripture are not agreed as to who were the parents of James and Joseph and Simon and Jude. Most Catholic scholars believe that they are the cousins of the Lord, their mother being Mary, the wife of Cleophas (Clopas). They come to this conclusion by comparison with other texts, i.e., John 19:25.
tresia1000 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel We also know that in the Old Testament the word "brother" or "brethren" was not reserved for blood brothers but for other relatives also. It was used: . FOR ALL RELATIVES,Genesis 29:15, "And Laban said unto Jacob, 'Because thou art my brother, should thou, therefore, serve me for naught'." We know that Jacob was the nephew of Laban
tresia1000 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel 2. KINSMEN.
Genesis 13:8: "Abram therefore said to Lot . . . 'Let therefore there be no quarreling between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen for we are all brethren'."
3. ALSO FOR NIECES.
Genesis 12:13.
tresia1000 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel In this particular text if Simon and Jude and James and Joseph were cousins, as they probably were, they could not be CALLED "cousin" for there was no word in Aramaic for cousin. If we suppose that these were blood brothers we will have to admit they were born AFTER Christ -- since no one today questions the virginity of Mary PRIOR to the birth of Christ
tresia1000 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel But in John 7:3, 4 and also in Mark 3:21 we see these "brothers" rebuking our Lord. Now it was unthinkable among Jews for a younger brother to take such a role. Still further, in the story of the crucifixion in John 19, we read that the dying Lord gave His mother into the keeping of St. John. This would not be done if He had other living brothers.
tresia1000 1 year ago
@tresia1000
Jesus other brothers were jerks who didn't even beleive in Him, read your Bible.
nachis3 1 year ago
@PrayingSquirrel The most important argument, however, is found in the fact that nowhere in the New Testament is anyone else EXCEPT Jesus called the ''SON" of Mary. He is always pointed out as HER Son. Nor is SHE ever called the MOTHER of anyone else. She is always referred to as the mother of JESUS.
tresia1000 1 year ago
This guy obviously doesn't understand the Catholic stance on Mary and what salvation is and how it comes about. She is a co-redemptress, but all who suffer for Christ is also a co-redeemer. Since we are all part of the Body of Christ, if you or I suffer for Christ, those sufferings are applied to the work that was done on the cross.
He wasn't very clear on his scriptural evidence either, I've seen better. ;-)
rcvengr2 2 years ago
The work that was done on the cross was complete. Sinners like you and I can add nothing to it. I don't have the power to redeem anyone, and neither do you. Mary doesn't have that power either. Only Jesus Christ has that power. Only He is sinless, only He is God. Anyone that claims to add to the perfect work of Jesus Christ does not recognize his own sinfulness and sets himself up in the place of God. Pride is a sin.
kozulich 2 years ago
The Church has never claimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary redeems anyone. Rather, she participated in God's plan of redemption by being the means through which her Lord and her son would enter the world.
In declaring the doctrine of Mary's sinlessness, Pope Pius IX wrote,
"Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
dane5256 2 years ago
Of course Christ's work on the cross was and is complete. This is why he said "Tetestai", It is finished. But our work is not.
This is why Paul writes, "I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the Church."
God's will is to work in and through his Son's Catholic Church as she persists throughout time, defending the truth from heretics, schismatics and apostates.
This is not sin; it is cooperation with the Lord.
dane5256 2 years ago 2
Using the writings of the Catholic church to justify the errors of the Catholic church carries little weight with me. The heirarchy of the Catholic church has set itself up in the place of the pharisees, as anyone who reads the scriptures can plainly see, although I'm sure the Catholic church would decline to approve such an interpretation. It is for Christ to judge, and so He will. His opinion of the pharisees gives an indication.
kozulich 2 years ago
You still have not justified the adoration and attention given to Mary which should go to her Son alone. "all generations will call me blessed" is a prediction, not a request. I too call her blessed, but not sinless, and I do not adore her. I adore only her Son, the triune God. She is not queen of heaven. There is one mediator between God and man 1Tim2:5 and it is not Mary nor any other saint, it is Jesus Christ. Beware the leaven of the pharisees.
kozulich 2 years ago
Again, you have erred greatly. Your way seems right to you, but the end of it is not Christ.
You have accepted a man made system, a tradition that finds its root only in the Protestant rebellion of the 16th century but finds its real strength only in 20th century America.
The Catholic Church is rooted in Christ's call to the Apostles, not the Pharisees, and remains as a sign of Christ's presence on earth.
We do not adore the Blessed Virgin Mary; she is venerated as the Mother of the Lord.
dane5256 2 years ago
When you pray the full rosary, how many times do you pray to Mary and how many times do you pray to Jesus?
10 Hail Marys for every Our Father. The tree is known by its fruit. Actions speak louder than words.
kozulich 2 years ago
You fail to understand the object of the rosary. Throughout the prayers, in the Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous and Glorious Mysteries we are participating in the life of Jesus Christ. To reject the rosary is to reject Scripture because the rosary is Scripture come alive through prayer and recollection.
To deny that we should ask Mary to pray for us is to deny intercessory prayer. Have you ever asked anyone to pray for you? The saints, including Mary, are closer to Christ and will pray for us.
dane5256 2 years ago
None of the apostles acted like the popes. They did not wear the trappings of worldly power. Men did not stoop to kiss the gold rings on their fingers. How is it that the popes of the church think of themselves even more highly than the one they supposedly succeeded, Peter? How is it that Peter did not claim to be infallible or inerrant, yet the popes do?
kozulich 2 years ago
Here, you have gotten trapped in the surface rather than the substance. The vestments of the Catholic Church all go back to the 1st century and reflect the clothing of the Apostles and the priests.
Styles have naturally changed throughout the centuries, but the Apostolic Succession that leads from Peter, our 1st pope, to Benedict is unbroken. Jesus promised this to his church and he has not failed. Each pope is the successor of Peter.
Infallibility? read Scripture - John 14:26
dane5256 2 years ago
Another thing you lack is a clear understanding of the Sacred Tradition of the Church. This is not the tradition of men but rather those things the Apostles taught orally to all of the Catholic Bishops and priests that were not written in Sacred Scripture.
Scripture itself is a form of Tradition - Written Tradition rather than Oral Tradition. Only the Catholic Church received and maintained the Oral Tradition of the Apostles and no amount of persecution has been able to force us to deny it.
dane5256 2 years ago
The problem with oral tradition is, how do you know it has been faithfully transmitted? You know, even the early church fathers contradicted each other often. Anything that God thought was important to transmit to believers, he had enough foresight to have written down and included in the canon of scriptures. Further, even in the days of the apostles, there were heretics and apostates, there is no reason to believe that this "oral tradition" is free from error. How soon men go astray.
kozulich 2 years ago
I will say again that the truths of the gospel of Christ were given to us orally through the preaching of Our Lord, and later written down - in the Gospels, in the Letters of the NT and in the writings of the Church Fathers, who were taught by the Apostles, especially St. John.
Do you trust the Holy Spirit? It is only through the Holy Spirit that we have been given this knowledge which is therefore free from error.
The Fathers were not infallible, but show me where they contradicted each other.
dane5256 2 years ago
Given perhaps orally, but then quickly set down on paper that they may not change, and that the truth may be known. Not so with tradition. Even in the times of Paul, and more so in the times of the Fathers, heretics were among the faithful, distorting the tradition that was handed down. Take Tertullian, a Father of the Church, even during his "catholic" phase, he maintained that Mary was not a perpetual virgin. Yet the church today disagrees.
kozulich 2 years ago
kozulich,
If you read my previous postings please notice I have always spoken sincerely and directly about the truths of the Catholic faith. I am a devout Catholic, deeply in love with the Lord and I invite you to consider coming home to the Catholic Church. I can tell you that I speak from the heart of the Church when I declare that the Catholic Church is the one holy, apostolic Church founded by Our Lord by his own authority on the rock of the faith of Peter and the Apostles.
Yours in Christ
dane5256 2 years ago
I believe that the Church started out on the right track, but I believe that over the years it succumbed to the temptation to wield temporal worldly power and was corrupted. The bible is the unchanging reference point. In it, God included everything that is necessary for his children to know. When we deviate from it or add to it, we are no longer following Christ.
kozulich 2 years ago
The problem with written tradition is, how do you know it has been faithfully written as it happened?
Do you see how ridiculous your argument is? Because the same sort of burden of proof applies to the written word as well.
catholicandfree 2 years ago
not at all. writing lasts, words do not. spoken words exist for a moment. Writing lasts for centuries and once on paper, does not change. textual evidence for the bible is stronger than any other ancient book. You have no such assurance with oral tradition.
kozulich 2 years ago
dane 5256
I have greatly appreciated your comments on the Blessed Virgin Mary and on the nature of the Catholic Church. You speak the truth of Christ while these Protestants act as though they can interpret Scripture in any way they choose.
They should recognize that to the extent that they accept the canon of the New Testament, the Trinitarian nature of God and the divinity of Jesus Christ, they also accept the authority of the Catholic Church.
God bless you for your words.
petruscephas 2 years ago
So excellent video every Christians and Roman Catholics should watch and make a decision
barnabaspark 2 years ago
RobertBaral365 2 years ago
Amen I say to you Etruscoantico1,
It is written, that you shall only worship the LORD your GOD, for he is a jealous GOD. Since Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is GOD in flesh, he is WORTHY to be worshiped. It is written, no one can get to GOD but by the Christ.
The Tabernacle is commonly used as a place of worship, but it can also be used as a resting place, a dwelling place or a portable sanctuary.
By you saying that Jews clearly worshiped Moses and Elijah is wrong. Show me where that is written.
sosmither 2 years ago
etruscoantico1,
Well put. The actual word Gabriel spoke to Mary was, in Greek, "kecharitomene" which was translated by St. Jerome as the Latin "gratia plena" or "full of grace".
Mary was completely and utterly filled with grace, with no room left for sin.
She was therefore - as Pope Pius IX declared dogmatically in 1854 - born without sin, preserved from all sin by her son Jesus Christ.
She was and is the Immaculate Conception.
dane5256 2 years ago
Grace is not the opposite of sin. It is completely possible to be both sinful and full of grace. Grace is unmerited favor - which is what God gives as a gift to sinful men. In fact, if Mary was without sin, she had no need of grace. The fact that Gabriel called her "full of grace" indicates that God favored her with his Son, even though she did not merit the honor.
kozulich 2 years ago
The Blessed Virgin Mary was born without sin.
She remained a sinless virgin throughout her life and we venerate her as the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church.
The Church has infallibly declared her to be such.
The unmerited grace God gave her was her very sinlessness, in which the Lord maintained her throughout her life.
As St. Augustine wrote, "No one is able to offend the Bride and merit the friendship of the Bridegroom."
dane5256 2 years ago
None of what you have written is scriptural or supported by anything other than human doctrines cloaked in the worldly power of the church.
The "bride" of the bible is the church, not Mary.
I believe that the Mary depicted in the bible would be mortified to distract attention from her Son, let alone accept veneration. She never asked for it, and never encouraged it. Jesus never told us to venerate her, or any of the other "saints". He ought to be the only focus.
kozulich 2 years ago
The voice of the Church is the voice of Christ.
No one has any authority or power to interpret Sacred Scripture in opposition to the clearly stated interpretation of the Church herself.
In your attempt to interpret Scripture through your own limited understanding, you have very seriously erred.
To be outside of the Catholic Church, which was founded by our Lord, is to be outside of Christ, as Christ and his one Church are one.
"Never asked for it"?
"All generations will call me Blessed."
dane5256 2 years ago 2
The pharisees of Jesus' day also were able to justify their excesses in their own minds. They also forbade the interpretation of scriptures by anyone other than the elite heirarchy. They also set themselves above other men, and added impossible burdens to God's law, which were really traditions of men, and they regarded them as equal to the word of God. They also relied on ritual and rote, but their hearts were far from God. Whitewashed tombs.
kozulich 2 years ago
"We are compelled to concede to the Papists that they have the Word of God, that we received it from them, and that without them we should have no knowledge of it at all."
- Martin Luther
dane5256 3 years ago
Nor is their salvation in any other for their is no other name under heven given among men by which we must be saved
Acts 4:12
Jesseman82 3 years ago
The Catholic Church does NOT raise Mary up to the same position as her Son.
However, the Bible tells us that those who die and are saved are fully alive, that they are aware of earthly affairs, and that they love us; therefore it makes perfect sense to ask for their intersession. See James 5:16-18 and Matthew 22:32.
To deny Mary her title, Mother of God, is to deny Jesus HIS title, for it is to deny that Mary is His mother or to deny that Jesus is God, and either is heretical.
danalasclouddreamer 3 years ago 2
Also, we call Mary the Mediatrix of all graces because God chose to make it so. In becoming man and coming to earth, God chose to involve Mary. By enlisting the cooperation of Mary and human biology, God chose to use human "mediation" in the Incarnation. Because Mary brought Jesus into this world, which in turn led to our salvation, because Mary gave that fiat, that "yes," she is then Mediatrix in that first sense.
danalasclouddreamer 3 years ago 2
Anyeone who truly understands the Catholic view of Mary would have NO problem with it because it is all Biblically sound, based in Scripture.
danalasclouddreamer 3 years ago 2
By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Jesseman82 3 years ago
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the peoples, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Hebrews 7: 22,27
Jesseman82 3 years ago
Beware lest any one cheat you through vain philosophy and empty deceit according to the TRADITION of man according to the basic principles of this world and not according to CHRIST for in HIM dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are COMPLETE in HIM who is HEAD of all principality and power!!!!
Colossians 2:8,10
Jesseman82 3 years ago
It's impossible to say that there is no holiness attributed to the Blessed Mother in Scripture. I mean, come on. God CHOSE her to be the mother of HIS SON. That means that He chose a PURE VESSAL. If that's not a special holiness, I don't know what is.
danalasclouddreamer 3 years ago
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Jesseman82 3 years ago
Mary can not heal a finger cut!
ThreeX 3 years ago
Rosary Prayer
"Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women and Blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen"
Jesus cannot deny his loving mother prayer or intercession.
I was moved to cringe at every painful blow inflicted on Christ. I could feel the emotional torment that Mary endured as she watched her son tortured.a person who saw the movie The Passion of the Christ
junmeskie 3 years ago
Silly Catholic Mary is in her grave pray to Jesus!
ThreeX 3 years ago
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, that he raised Christ whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.1 Corinthians 15:29
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised your faith is futile and you are still in your sins . 29 Otherwise, what will those people who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
Assumption of Mary Psalms 16:9,10
junmeskie 3 years ago
Around 2:20-2:26 the preacher said if Mary objected, there would be no Jesus. I think this falacious; If mary had objected, there would have been other virgins (with same scriptural bloodlines as her) to take her place. God aint limited by man's uncooperation. Elijah once said 'I even I alone am left of the prophets of God'. but God said to him there're 7000 prophets of mine who did not bow down to baal. God is too big to be limited by man in any way.
7olusegun 3 years ago
who?
your mother?
do you think your mom will be worthy of Jesus holiness?
Marys womb is Gods TABERNACLE (made HOLY & PURE)
junmeskie 3 years ago
Likewise is your own mother worthy? Anybody saved in Jesus Christ is just as pure and worthy as Mary. She is not superior to anybody in Christ in any way. God is no respecter of persons. The fact that God chose her to bear Jesus aint make Mary superior to other women or others in any way. Anyone who repents in God is a new person. Was a harlot not once part of the bloodline that would lead to Jesus? Does that make the harlot superior to other people?
7olusegun 3 years ago
WHY DO YUO HAVE VENOMOUS
BLASPHEMOUS & HATRED TO
JESUS MOTHER?
WHAT DID SHE DO TO DESERVE
DISRESPECT & OUTRAGE
BY YOU AND YOUR FAKE full of hatred CHRISTIANITY?
even Muslim RESPECT & HONOR MARY in their Koran.
junmeskie 3 years ago
Some corrections; first of all I aint hate Mary (earthly mother of Jesus); infact I respect her also. But to me, she aint superior to other people in christ in any way. As for the RCC Mary, I hate with a passion b'cos this is a demonic entity (and NOT the earthly mother of Jesus). This RCC 'Mary' is hiding under Jesus' mother's name in order to continue propagating its evils. The RCC 'Mary' and Mary (Jesus' mother) ARE NOT THE SAME.
7olusegun 3 years ago
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junmeskie 3 years ago
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junmeskie 3 years ago
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WHO STARTED YOUR CHURCH?
Jesus?
or your Pastor _________?
In any Search Engines
Keywords: who started your church
If the Catholic Church isn't correct and all other churches broke away from the Catholic Church.
WHICH CHURCH IS THE CORRECT ONE?
``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D
junmeskie 3 years ago
"THE TRUTH EXPOSED"
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