I am learning about the Catholic faith, I agree with almost everything, except asking Mary to intercede for us. I believe that we only need Jesus to be the mediator between us and God, the whole Mary adoration makes me feel uncomfortable.Dear freinds in Christ;
Share with us please “what your personal reoadblock is.”
What’s preventing you from considering Catholism?
Universal Primacy is an absolute MUST BE TRUE FACT…=AdamW;9924849]A few questionable practices in local parishes(although that’s the sort of thing that can change with time), and some of the same questions about universal primacy that have been expressed so eloquently already.
Such self-gifting is rare, true, but it does happen, and not always in a good way. I have met quite a few Muslims and sola scriptura Christian fundamentalists whose life is wholly devoted to what the believe, who immediately give up anything in their life which they perceived to be ungodly (a practice which can have very painful effects upon families, in particular). They have that utterly submissive behaviour, but do not apply it to Catholicism because they do not believe Catholicism to be true.
What verses in the Scriptures tell you what’s an important matter of the faith?
All Marian doctrines only serve to enhance and nourish our understanding of Christ.
If Mary is so important, why is she barely mentioned in the Bible.? I mean no disrespect,…I am just trying to understand why Mary plays such a huge role in the Catholic Church .I find myself being drawn ever closer to the Catholic faith but that is one area I am having real difficulty with.What verses in the Scriptures tell you what’s an important matter of the faith?
All Marian doctrines only serve to enhance and nourish our understanding of Christ.
An impoverished understanding of Mary leads to an impoverished understanding of Jesus.
Hi. Good question and what many Catholics would love to answer. You can expect many different answers to this depend on what strikes them as personal or important.
Most of the so-called contradiction in the Bible can be explained and that have been done many times. In any case, one can always find contradictions in any religious scripture. It is a matter of being agreeing to their explanation which of course depends on the individuals.
Basically spirituality is about faith – something we believe or want to without having to see it. I don’t see how it is different with any major religions in this aspect.
One response: As Bishop Fulton Sheen said, “Mary is on every page of the Bible.”
It’s not even a matter of the contradictions but also issues of theology. To my mind, the concept of the supposed sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross makes NO sense at all, either in terms of what I know of Jewish theology or even basic logic and philosophy, along with other concepts of Catholic/Christian belief. I’m hoping that being here on CAF may change that but at present, this is not the case.
I can certainly grasp that, but when a religion is claiming to be an ABSOLUTE truth, there has to be a higher standard of evidence to prove that claim than ordinarily required. An absolute truth by its nature has considered all possible viewpoints in its conclusion and then answered them or given response to them in such a way that any sort of doubt, error or alternate interpretation is pretty much destroyed.
True, we woud on never known about Mary if God had not chosen her to birth his son Jesus (his Word) to us, so we do have to have respect and admiration for her for that,
Its not about St. Peter and the twelve. It isn’t about St. Paul. It isn’t about Abraham, or Moses, or King David, or Isaiah. Yet all of these, including the Blessed Virgin, point to Christ, and Him crucified.
Well said
There is no reason to create a dichotomy, as if Christians can ONLY see one and not the other when they read the Bible.
