I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don't like the term - "Protestant".

[Jimmy_B]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

 

[cthulhubryan]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

Bible: Revised Standard Version

Mary: Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women Luke 1:28

 

[ChristianKnight]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

Bible: KJV/NIT, I am looking to get a NAE

Mary: Pretty cool gal…lol jk. I believe she is the mother of god, I do believe she is important in Christ but not enough to pray to constantly or with, I think if your gonna pray, just ask everyone in the universe to pray with you, but thats just a thought.

How are you doing Jimmy? (Jim he’s a VULCAN!, sorry Star Trek thing lol)

 

[4given]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

KJV.

She is blessed AMONG women as the Scripture says. Other than that I don’t think much about her, my focus is on Christ. Oh, I don’t call her mother of God.

 

[Jimmy_B]

How are you doing Jimmy? (Jim he’s a VULCAN!, sorry Star Trek thing lol)

Good, thank you…

 

[cthulhubryan]

Bible: Revised Standard Version

Mary: Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women Luke 1:28

And, of course, she IS the Theotokos and I certainly hope she prays for me now and will at the hour of my death.

 

[JonNC]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

Maybe I shouldn’t answer this, as I’m not one who cares either way about the term protestant, anymore than most Catholics don’t mind the term Roman Catholic, so discard my response if not liking the term protestant is a prerequisite.

1. Bible: Partial to the NKJV but not stridently so. I sometimes read the NAB on the USCCB website, and the NIV. When my son was stationed in Germany, he sent me a copy of Luther’s Bible (including the DC books, btw), but I don’t read it because its in German.
2. She is the theotokos, God bearer. Ever virgin, full of grace, and as Luther said, the brightest gem in all Christianity except Christ himself.

Jon

 

[Soutane]

KJV.

She is blessed AMONG women as the Scripture says. Other than that I don’t think much about her, my focus is on Christ. Oh, I don’t call her mother of God.

Too bad,I wonder why it was o.k. for Elizabeth when she referred to Mary as “the mother of my Lord”(same thing).I guess that you know better than Elizabeth,but I can’t seem to find your name in Holy Scripture…hmmmmm?

 

[Alix1912]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

What does not liking the word Protestant have to do with these two questions. I’m confused.

Anyway,

1. We use several, I think my main study Bible is the NRSV, we also read alot out of my husband’s Catholic Bible.
2. This one is harder:
   Mary is the mother of Christ
   She is blessed among women (She is the mother of Christ after all)
   She is a great example of submitting to God’s will, even when it seems really strange. (Virgin Birth, etc.)
   She is also a great example how God works through ordinary people.
   I do think that she was that, and ordinary person, I don’t think she was born sinless, as then why would she need saving. To me it cheapens the story, God worked a miracle though her as an ordinary person, he didn’t have to create her special first and then work his miracle.
   I don’t know if she was an eternal virgin or not, and frankly it’s not that impotant to the overall story, so it doesn’t really bother me either way.
   I think refering to her as the Queen of Heaven is odd, but again doesn’t bother me that much.
   I don’t personally ask for her to pray for me, but my husband finds solace in the rosary, so can’t be all bad, just isn’t something I was raised doing so I’m not that comfortable with it.

Hope that helps.

Again still trying to figure out the connection between not liking the term protestant (which I have no porblem with), and these questions.

 

[Soutane]

What does not liking the word Protestant have to do with these two questions. I’m confused.

Anyway,

1. We use several, I think my main study Bible is the NRSV, we also read alot out of my husband’s Catholic Bible.
2. This one is harder:
   Mary is the mother of Christ
   She is blessed among women (She is the mother of Christ after all)
   She is a great example of submitting to God’s will, even when it seems really strange. (Virgin Birth, etc.)
   She is also a great example how God works through ordinary people.
   I do think that she was that, and ordinary person, I don’t think she was born sinless, as then why would she need saving. To me it cheapens the story, God worked a miracle though her as an ordinary person, he didn’t have to create her special first and then work his miracle.
   I don’t know if she was an eternal virgin or not, and frankly it’s not that impotant to the overall story, so it doesn’t really bother me either way.
   I think refering to her as the Queen of Heaven is odd, but again doesn’t bother me that much.
   I don’t personally ask for her to pray for me, but my husband finds solace in the rosary, so can’t be all bad, just isn’t something I was raised doing so I’m not that comfortable with it.

Hope that helps.

Again still trying to figure out the connection between not liking the term protestant (which I have no porblem with), and these questions.

Mary WAS saved but just in advance-at conception.She wasn’t conceived immaculately for her sake but for Christ’s as it was MOST APPROPRIATE for Christ to be born of purity.She even praises Christ for being her saviour!Sometimes we talk past each other if you are sola scriptura whereas we have Holy Scripture Holy Tradition and an infallible(guaranteed by the Holy Spirit)Magisterium.

 

[LutheranDK]

I have two simple questions for Protestant, non-Catholic Christians who don’t like the term - “Protestant”.

1. Which Bible do you use?

2. How do you feel about Mary, the Mother of God?

1: Depends on the language. In my native Danish, I use the Bible as authorized by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (by the grace of God Queen of Denmark) from 1992.
In English, I use the KJV primarily.

For studies and when I want to explore the deeper meaning of a biblical text, I go directly ad fontes - to the original text:

NT: Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edition (if I remember correctly)

OT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (although my Hebrew skills for now leaves much to be desired)

2: How do I feel about Mary? I don’t know her, and no person living on this Earth knows her, or HAS known her for app. 2000 years.
What do I believe about Mary?

• I believe that she was a virgin when she concieved Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
• I believe that God bestowed a great honor upon her, by using her as the vessel of His entry into this world.
• I believe that she is dead, and that she will rise on the last day to life everlasting, along with the rest of the believers.

…but I do not believe the teachings of the RC church on her. Some, I consider borderline blasphemy (co-redemptrix, Queen of Heaven, etc); others I merely consider unlikely, but not terribly important (the whole “ever-virgin”-issue…)

Now, my turn to ask a question: What kind of relevance does these questions have to the headline?

 

[LutheranDK]

1. Bible: Partial to the NKJV but not stridently so. I sometimes read the NAB on the USCCB website, and the NIV. When my son was stationed in Germany, he sent me a copy of Luther’s Bible (including the DC books, btw), but I don’t read it because its in German.
2. She is the theotokos, God bearer. Ever virgin, full of grace, and as Luther said, the brightest gem in all Christianity except Christ himself.
   Jon

You really SHOULD learn German though - the language of theologians beside Greek, Hebrew and Latin

Well, about 2) =
I’m totally with you on theotokos. Of course Mary was God-bearer. To deny that would be to deny the divinity of Christ.
But I can’t follow you on the “ever-virgin” (1), and “the brightest gem in all Christianity except Christ himself”. (2)

1: This is not terribly important to me, but I can’t see the biblical basis for such a claim? Actually, I see very heavy circumstantial evidence to the contrary…

2: I really need to know what you mean by this.

In Him

Mark

 

[JonNC]

You really SHOULD learn German though - the language of theologians beside Greek, Hebrew and Latin

Well, about 2) =
I’m totally with you on theotokos. Of course Mary was God-bearer. To deny that would be to deny the divinity of Christ.
But I can’t follow you on the “ever-virgin” (1), and “the brightest gem in all Christianity except Christ himself”. (2)

1: This is not terribly important to me, but I can’t see the biblical basis for such a claim? Actually, I see very heavy circumstantial evidence to the contrary…

2: I really need to know what you mean by this.

In Him

Mark

Hi Mark,
Ever-virgin is referred to in the Confessions, and I see no reason not to believe it. However, like you, I would say that marion beliefs should not be and are not an article of faith, and the believers conscience should not be bound either way. I would say that your view is the widely held view among American Lutherans.

Jon

 

[LutheranDK]

Hi Mark,
Ever-virgin is referred to in the Confessions, and I see no reason not to believe it. However, like you, I would say that marion beliefs should not be and are not an article of faith, and the believers conscience should not be bound either way. I would say that your view is the widely held view among American Lutherans.

Jon

Are you talking about the Book of Concord?
Maybe it’s my Danish tradition setting in, but I do not think of it as binding, and certainly not as being above Scripture (please note that I’m not saying you do either! ). My point is that if BoC calls Mary ever-virgin, it most likely has to do with the spirit of the time; holding fast to the Evangelical basics (the solas), and then, for the sake of co-existence that was still relatively new to Germany (and Europe!!) at the time. No reason to cause any more fuzz than neccessary in a Germany torn by protracted war and unrest.
That might be an explanation, because I’m having trouble finding another. It seems to contradict Scripture, anyway. But yeah, I’m not going to turn the question into an article of faith either

 

[Syele]

My objection to the term Protestant is a mild one. To me it is a term someone else decided applies to me and not something I identify with. I hav eto fall in line with others not seeing the connection between this and the questions.

1. As many as possible, except the Message :bigyikes:and other “expanded” versions. (I don’t care what the translators think a passage should say, I want to know what it says.) I generally read verses in several different translations because I don’t know the original languages. I have a Catholic version of the Bible too, but I forget which one it is, I prefer that one over the KJV.
2. this question was harder for me to answer, I have much respect for Mary as I do all the people from scriptures who were righteous and chosen by God for important things. I do not subscribe to most of the Catholic beliefs about Mary that most other Protestants don’t subscribe to.

 

[Hisalone]

The Protestant Bible

Mary is cool but lets get back to Jesus already because as Mary herself said Jesus is much cooler :extrahappy: :dancing: :bounce: :bowdown2: :bowdown2: :bowdown2:

 

[hmgs1]

This is a bit of an odd question, but here goes:

1. KJV, NIV, even have a Catholic Bible in the house, which I have also read.
2. Mary is the virgin mother of Jesus Christ, and likely deserving of more recognition than most Protestant faiths allow her. I think the RCC may be closer to the mark on this issue.

Otherwise, maybe I don get it - I don’t mind being called Protestant?

 

[Alix1912]

Still wanting to know what the title of this post has to do with the questions in it.

 

[Jimmy_B]

This is a bit of an odd question, but here goes:

1. KJV, NIV, even have a Catholic Bible in the house, which I have also read.
2. Mary is the virgin mother of Jesus Christ, and likely deserving of more recognition than most Protestant faiths allow her. I think the RCC may be closer to the mark on this issue.

Otherwise, maybe I don get it - I don’t mind being called Protestant?

Colonel,

Thank you for your service and welcome to CAF!

Hoo-Rah!
GO ARMY BEAT NAVY!

 

[Jimmy_B]

Still wanting to know what the title of this post has to do with the questions in it.

Hello Alix,

I was on another thread here and the question there was, “What is a Protestant”. I thought my questions here, along with the answers provided by you guys, would help in answering the prior question…just my way of attacking it from a different angle.

Thank you for your post.

Peace