Confused about our Dogma

[Tidal]

I am a new Catholic and I am confused about something. I understand that we have The Magesterium, Tradtion, and the Bible. I also know that we had the Tradtion before we had the Bible.
Here is my question since the Bible was written so long after the fact whay isnt more of our Marian Dogma found specifically in the gosples or the rest of the Bible.since it would have been common understanding for them. Like Mary ever virgin, concieved without sin, assumed into heaven, Queen of heaven. I am not trying to be difficult I just want to understand.

 

[jimmy]

Tidal:

I am a new Catholic and I am confused about something. I understand that we have The Magesterium, Tradtion, and the Bible. I also know that we had the Tradtion before we had the Bible.
Here is my question since the Bible was written so long after the fact whay isnt more of our Marian Dogma found specifically in the gosples or the rest of the Bible.since it would have been common understanding for them. Like Mary ever virgin, concieved without sin, assumed into heaven, Queen of heaven. I am not trying to be difficult I just want to understand.

The bible is a group of books that were written from 20 to 50 years after the ressurection. The reason why they don’t contain all the doctrines of the Church in full is because that is not their intent. The gospels are simply giving an account of the life of Christ. Acts gives and account of the Acts of Peter and Paul pretty much. Pauls letters are mainly written to correct errors in specific churches and to guide them on the right path. Revelation is a prophetic book.

The point is, there is no place where the doctrines of Mary would go. They are hinted at in scripture when she is mentioned.

 

[Atreyu]

There would be no point in writing a letter to a church about a specific matter when everybody at that church understood that matter to be true.

 

[Todd_Easton]

Tidal:

I am a new Catholic and I am confused about something. I understand that we have The Magesterium, Tradtion, and the Bible. I also know that we had the Tradtion before we had the Bible.
Here is my question since the Bible was written so long after the fact whay isnt more of our Marian Dogma found specifically in the gosples or the rest of the Bible.since it would have been common understanding for them. Like Mary ever virgin, concieved without sin, assumed into heaven, Queen of heaven. I am not trying to be difficult I just want to understand.

Mary conceived without sin: Genesis 3:15: There will be a woman (Mary) and her offspring (Jesus) at emnity with (never under the power of) the devil, i.e., both Mary and Jesus will be sinless, and her offspring (Jesus) will crush the devil’s head. Psalm 86:17, 116:16; Luke 1:38: Jesus is God’s servant; Mary is God’s handmaid. Luke 1:28, 42: Mary is addressed by an angel as “Graced One,” i.e., Mary is the epitome of what it means to be graced by God; Mary is blessed among women, i.e., the most blessed of all women, even more blessed than Eve who was also created without sin.

Mary ever virgin: Zechariah 12:10: The one (Jesus) whom they pierced is an only child. Mark 6:3: Jesus is the son of Mary. John 19:26-27: Jesus give the care of his mother, Mary, to his disciple John, which is a clear indication that Jesus had no biological brothers or sisters who would otherwise be expected to care for his mother Mary in his absence.

Mary assumed into heaven and Mary, Queen of heaven: Revelation 11:19-12:17. Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant who carried Jesus, the living Word of God, in her womb, is in heaven. The child (Jesus) who is to rule the nations with a rod of iron is later (Revelation 19) described as the Word of God, the King of kings and Lord of lords and that makes his mother, Mary, the woman in heaven “clothed with the sun…on her head a crown of twelve stars,” i.e., the Queen of heaven.

 

[mercygate]

Tidal:

I am a new Catholic and I am confused about something. I understand that we have The Magesterium, Tradtion, and the Bible. I also know that we had the Tradtion before we had the Bible.
Here is my question since the Bible was written so long after the fact whay isnt more of our Marian Dogma found specifically in the gosples or the rest of the Bible.since it would have been common understanding for them. Like Mary ever virgin, concieved without sin, assumed into heaven, Queen of heaven. I am not trying to be difficult I just want to understand.

The New Testament writings included in the Bible were not written “long after the fact.” The selected writings were collected and affirmed as canonical long after the events they describe, but they had been in use virtually from their appearance. A few years ago, for example, a fragment of the Gospel of John was discovered which can be dated as not later than the year 90 a.d. Some of the Pauline writings date from the 50s.