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Actually, packermann, did an excellent job with answering your questions, however, I would like to further elaborate on them.
The common opinion is that she lived 63 years in all. At the time of her death, (as St. Denys first, and after him St. Damascene de dormit. Deipara. writeth) all the Apostles then dispersed into diverse nations to preach the Gospel, were miraculously brought together (saving St. Thomas who came the third day after) to Jerusalem, to honor her divine departure and funeral, as the said St. Denys witnesseth. Who saith that himself, St. Timothy, and St. Hierotheus were present: testifying also of his own hearing, that both before her death and after for three days, not only the Apostles and other holy men present, but the Angels also and Powers of heaven did sing most melodious Hymns. They buried her sacred body in Gethsemani; but for St. Thomas sake, who desired to see and to reverence it, they opened the sepulchre the third day, and finding it void of the holy body, but exceedingly fragrant, they returned, assuredly deeming that her body was assumpted into heaven as the Church of God holdeth, being most agreeable to the singular privilege of the mother of God, and therefore celebrateth most solemnly the day of her Assumption. And that is consonant not only to the said St. Denys, and St. Damascene, but to holy Athanasias also, who avoucheth the same, Serm. in Evang. de Deipara. of which Assumption of her body, St. Bernard also wrote five notable sermons extant in his works.
You do know what pray means, right? It means to humble petition and ask.
Pope. The word (πάππας or πάπας, originally a childish word for father, Lat. papa) was given at first as a title of respect to ecclesiastics generally. Among the Greeks at this day it is used of all priest, and was used, as late at least as the middle ages, of inferior clerics. In the West it seems to have become very early a special title of bishops. Thus the Roman clergy (Cyprian, Ep. ⅷ. 1) speaks of the Bishop of Carthage as “the blessed Pope” (“Benedictum Papatem”). Even as late as the sixth century the title of Pope was sometimes given to metropolitans in the West. (See Hefele, “Concil.” ⅲ. P 20 seq.) Gradually, however, the title was limited to the Bishop of Rome, and we find a synod of Pavia in 998 (Hefele, ⅳ. p. 653) rebuking an archbishop of Milan for calling himself Pope. Gregory Ⅶ., in a Roman Council of the year 1073, formally prohibited the assumption of the title by any other than the Roman Bishop. It is of course in this last and most restricted sense that we use the word here. By the Pope we mean the Bishop of Rome, who is, the successor of St. Peter, and as such the vicar of Christ, the visible head of the Church, the doctor and teacher of all the faithful. We propose to give some account (1) of the place St. Peter occupies in Scripture; (2) of the positions of the Pope in the Ante-Nicene age; (3) of the testimonies of later fathers and councils; (4) to sketch the position of the Pope in the Church of the present time. Obviously, in a subject so vast we cannont do more than direct attention to the chief points.
Oremus pro invicem
Blessed Mary was not born of a virgin, She was conceived by St. Anne her mother and St. Jochime her father through normal means.
She is also the True Ark of the Covenant. The Old Ark of the Covenant was made of the most pure materials and merely foreshadowed the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why would God have the Old Ark to be created out of the purest materials and yet create the True Ark with blemish?
You don’t seem to have a problem with Enoch and Elijah. Even the Scriptures says that the Ark of the Covenant will be assumed into heaven (Ps. cxxxi. 8)
The common opinion is that she lived 63 years in all. At the time of her death, (as St. Denys first, and after him St. Damascene de dormit. Deipara. writeth) all the Apostles then dispersed into diverse nations to preach the Gospel, were miraculously brought together (saving St. Thomas who came the third day after) to Jerusalem, to honor her divine departure and funeral, as the said St. Denys witnesseth. Who saith that himself, St. Timothy, and St. Hierotheus were present: testifying also of his own hearing, that both before her death and after for three days, not only the Apostles and other holy men present, but the Angels also and Powers of heaven did sing most melodious Hymns. They buried her sacred body in Gethsemani; but for St. Thomas sake, who desired to see and to reverence it, they opened the sepulchre the third day, and finding it void of the holy body, but exceedingly fragrant, they returned, assuredly deeming that her body was assumpted into heaven as the Church of God holdeth, being most agreeable to the singular privilege of the mother of God, and therefore celebrateth most solemnly the day of her Assumption. And that is consonant not only to the said St. Denys, and St. Damascene, but to holy Athanasias also, who avoucheth the same, Serm. in Evang. de Deipara. of which Assumption of her body, St. Bernard also wrote five notable sermons extant in his works.
You do know what the prefix co means right? The term “co-redemptrix” is properly translated “the woman with the redeemer” or more literally “she who buys back with [the redeemer].” The prefix “co” comes from the Latin term “cum” which means “with” and not “equal to.” Co-redemptrix therefore as applied to Mary refers to her exceptional cooperation with and under her divine son Jesus Christ, in the redemption of the human family, as manifested in Christian Scripture.
You do know what pray means, right? It means to humble petition and ask.
This commandment was never removed. The Catholic First Commandment is:
When a Catholic fully learns this Commandment, they then learn the shortened version of it which is:
The Catholic Church never changed the Sabbath day, in fact the Sabbath day is still Saturday while the Lord’s Day is Sunday. This is something that you need to understand.
The Catholic Church follows the Decalog of Deuteronomy. For further info, you should look up Quæstionum in Heptateuchum libri VII, Book II, Question lxxi. By St. Augustine (a.k.a. “Questions of Exodus”)
You are also incorrect here:
Pope. The word (πάππας or πάπας, originally a childish word for father, Lat. papa) was given at first as a title of respect to ecclesiastics generally. Among the Greeks at this day it is used of all priest, and was used, as late at least as the middle ages, of inferior clerics. In the West it seems to have become very early a special title of bishops. Thus the Roman clergy (Cyprian, Ep. ⅷ. 1) speaks of the Bishop of Carthage as “the blessed Pope” (“Benedictum Papatem”). Even as late as the sixth century the title of Pope was sometimes given to metropolitans in the West. (See Hefele, “Concil.” ⅲ. P 20 seq.) Gradually, however, the title was limited to the Bishop of Rome, and we find a synod of Pavia in 998 (Hefele, ⅳ. p. 653) rebuking an archbishop of Milan for calling himself Pope. Gregory Ⅶ., in a Roman Council of the year 1073, formally prohibited the assumption of the title by any other than the Roman Bishop. It is of course in this last and most restricted sense that we use the word here. By the Pope we mean the Bishop of Rome, who is, the successor of St. Peter, and as such the vicar of Christ, the visible head of the Church, the doctor and teacher of all the faithful. We propose to give some account (1) of the place St. Peter occupies in Scripture; (2) of the positions of the Pope in the Ante-Nicene age; (3) of the testimonies of later fathers and councils; (4) to sketch the position of the Pope in the Church of the present time. Obviously, in a subject so vast we cannont do more than direct attention to the chief points.
Oremus pro invicem
