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Offline Charlemagne

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St. Luke 7:28
« on: June 04, 2016, 04:29:21 PM »
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    • "For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist."

    This verse has puzzled me for years. Even the Haydock bible doesn't tackle it. The closest explanation I've been able to come up with has been this: St. John obviously was a great man and prophet, but he couldn't have been a greater man and prophet than Our Lord. Our Lord, therefore, is implicitly honoring Mother Mary as more than a mere woman. Any thoughts?
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    "This principle is most certain: The non-Christian cannot in any way be Pope. The reason for this is that he cannot be head of what he is not a member. Now, he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian, as is clearly taught by St. Cyprian, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and others. Therefore, the manifest heretic cannot be Pope." -- St. Robert Bellarmine

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    St. Luke 7:28
    « Reply #1 on: June 05, 2016, 01:17:37 AM »
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    • Quote from: Charlemagne
    "For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist."

    This verse has puzzled me for years. Even the Haydock bible doesn't tackle it. The closest explanation I've been able to come up with has been this: St. John obviously was a great man and prophet, but he couldn't have been a greater man and prophet than Our Lord. Our Lord, therefore, is implicitly honoring Mother Mary as more than a mere woman. Any thoughts?





    Well Jesus is called the Messiah rather than a prophet, right? And could Jesus be a prophet of God when he is God?
     
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    St. Luke 7:28
    « Reply #2 on: June 05, 2016, 01:37:42 AM »
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    "For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist."

    This verse has puzzled me for years. Even the Haydock bible doesn't tackle it. The closest explanation I've been able to come up with has been this: St. John obviously was a great man and prophet, but he couldn't have been a greater man and prophet than Our Lord. Our Lord, therefore, is implicitly honoring Mother Mary as more than a mere woman. Any thoughts?


    Well Jesus is called the Messiah rather than a prophet, right? And could Jesus be a prophet of God when he is God?
     


    Was He not a prophet, priest, and King? He was not merely a prophet, of course, but a prophet nonetheless. "Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house."
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    "This principle is most certain: The non-Christian cannot in any way be Pope. The reason for this is that he cannot be head of what he is not a member. Now, he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian, as is clearly taught by St. Cyprian, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and others. Therefore, the manifest heretic cannot be Pope." -- St. Robert Bellarmine
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