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C.S. Lewis on the Vatican Website – Priestesses and a Fourth Trinitarian Person?
C.S. Lewis, in an article at the Vatican website, states: The Middle Ages carried their reverence for one Woman to a point at which the charge could plausibly made that the Blessed Virgin became in their eyes almost ‘a fourth Person of the Trinity.’ (source) Wondering why an article by C.S. Lewis is being posted…
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The "Here I am" Girl or the "Where were you" Girl?
As reported by the Vatican Information Service, Benedict XVI stated (on 18 May 2012): Mary of Nazareth is the woman of a full and total “Here I am” to the divine will. In her “Yes”, repeated even when faced with the sorrow of the loss of her child, we find complete and profound beatitude”. A)…
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"Woman," a Scolding Term, or a Sign of New Eve?
I. “Woman” in the Vocative One argument that we hear from contemporary Roman apologists is that when Jesus said, “Woman, what have I to do with thee,” he wasn’t scolding her, he was actually identifying her as the New Eve. John 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine…
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Prayers for the Dead and Marian Intercession
“I pray that, through the intercession of Mary Immaculate whom he so greatly venerated, the Lord may welcome this faithful pastor of the Gospel and the Church into His Kingdom of eternal joy and peace”, the Pope concludes. (Vatican Information Service, 5 September 2011) Notice that here the Pope is explicitly requesting Marian intercession for…
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Did Augustine Call Mary the "Mother of God"?
A dear reader notified me that a Roman apologist (or perhaps just a friend in the Roman church) had provided the following to them as allegedly representing Augustine’s views: “Mary was that only one who merited to be called the Mother and Spouse of God”. (Sermon 208) You’ll notice that the person has provided a…
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David’s Relationship to God
Vox Veritatis has some thoughts on the problems with the English expression “Mother of God.” (link to comments) Of course, there is an orthodox sense to the term (the orthodox sense is that Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is God incarnate), but the resultant expression is awkward at best. The only argument for…
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Mariolatry Exemplified
Steve Hays (and others) have already pointed out a Roman Catholic Psalter to Mary (link to Steve Hays’ post)(link to “psalter”). I’m not sure the depth of the blasphemy involved is fully appreciated by most readers. In the following post, I will give both some high level information as well as a specific example, so…
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Andreas of Caesarea on the Woman of Revelation 12
Andreas of Caesarea wrote the earliest complete commentary on the book of Revelation that we have available. I’m very thankful that Eugenia Constantinou has recently provided a complete English translation of this work (copy of that translation available: here). Andreas, following the patristic consensus, refers the woman of Revelation 12 to the church rather than…
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Out of Tune with the Roman Magisterium?
Mr. Shea has posted a still further response on the topic of Mary’s birth pangs or lack thereof and the woman of Revelation 12 (link to Shea’s post). Mr. Shea seems to think our arguments “flat-footed” and compares discussing this with us to discussing music appreciation with a deaf man. This flatfloot, however, is less…