Quote from: Neil Obstat on November 16, 2017, 01:47:18 PM
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Can you find the infallibility of the Pope in the Bible?
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Where is the doctrine of the bodily Assumption of Our Blessed Mother in Scripture?
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Where in the Bible does it say that Our Lady is "the Mother of God?"
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If you're going to argue that the Bible doesn't have to literally say something, then where does the Bible say that? Because for a Protestant you'll have to provide a Scripture chapter and verse for every principle you claim.
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One thing also. You need to understand the Jєωs to understand this. When we say, "Jesus is Lord," we are also saying, "Jesus is God." Because the Jєωs did not use the name "God" when they talked about Him. They used the word "Lord." Therefore when we say "Jesus is Lord," we are also saying Mary is the Mother of God.
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That's nice.
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At least you're doing a little thinking here. Congratulations. I'm not saying it cannot be REASONED, just like the fact that the earth is spheroid can be REASONED from our direct observations of the moon phases, but the point is,
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A) the WORDS, "Mother of God," are not to be found in Scripture, and
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B) claiming that "Mother of God" is a doctrine found in the Bible invites the rancor of dissidents.
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The point still stands, the words "Mother of God" are not found in Scripture applying to Our Lady, or applying to anything else. The closest words to that are "queen of heaven" and they're in regards to nothing positive, to a pagan religion.
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The same principle might seem to apply to the Trinity -- nowhere in Scripture does it mention the "Trinity," but nonetheless, no credible Bible scholar would attempt to argue that the Trinity as a principle is not found in the Bible. But here's the rub: the
same scholars (I mean non-Catholic scholars: as-it-were
oxymoron scholars) who readily defend "the Trinity" sometimes argue that "Mother of God" is not Scriptural!
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Like I said, it took hundreds of years for the doctrine of Our Lady as the Mother of God to be settled by the Church and even the Eastern Churches were in agreement (to this day the Orthodox parade this around with enormous adherence and attention -- it's rather alarming sometimes). Meanwhile, the Trinity was never under any such controversy ....... that is, until the Moslems came along!
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Which reminds me, St. Patrick evangelized Ireland by preaching the Trinity, about 100 years before Mohammed's time. Interesting timeline there.
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