Good point RC, but believe me, they won’t look at it from our view, although it is SO clear.
No Christians deny Mary or her virginity, she is the Mother of God. Protestants is such a bad term in trying to lump all beliefs together as if it was one group. I deny that Grace is more than Gods disposition to us, that it is accumulated in quantity.
Ahem, raising my hand I call her BLESSED. She got the chance to bare Christ and raise Him. She spent every day with Him. She held Him in her arms as He grew. And she was a part of His ministry at it’s earliest stages. How could she not be blessed??? GOD CHOSE HER, when He had the choice of anyone.In the Gospel of Luke it is obvious that atleast some reverence should be shown to The Blessed Virgin Mary. Luke 1:48
Why don’t protestants call her blessed…It’s in the Bible!
Honor, what does it mean:
There you go again, Righteousone. Book of Concord refers to her as the Blessed Virgin Mary. And we don’t deny her. You have seen Luther’s quotes here before, haven’t you? And you also know that many of us don’t view your veneration of the Blessed Virgin as idolatry. So put the broad brush away.
Not sarcasm, either.I highly doubt it.Mary may not be offended, but her Son is.
Matthew 6:9-15:
Straight from Christ’s mouth. Pray to your Father in Heaven. That’s all I need to know…
tbuley
Even though there is no difference from Christ and God the Father I usually am more comfortable distiguishing Mother of God the Son as Mother of God indicates something MUCH greater. For she did not mother the trinity, but God the Son only.
“as Mother of God indicates something MUCH greater.” can you clarify?
I have had debates with protestants who have denied that Mary is the mother of God. She was basically just a vesel. They also happened to say that she was just an ordinary woman who was no more virtuous than any other woman. But I reallize that many protestants do consider her the mother of God. To deny so would be to either say that Christ was God or it would be nestorianism.
are you personally acquainted with every person who belongs to a Protestant denomination or self-identifies with that term? are you well versed in the teaching of every Protestant denomination (referring to those bodies who trace their origin to the Reformation) to the extent that you can without fear of contradiction declare that each and every one of them refuse to show reverence to the BVM and do not call her blessed? If you are not, I think you should tone down your deliberately provocative comment and limit your address to those who, in fact, show respect to the BVM. these generalizations, esp. the habit of using “Protestant” interchangeably with “non-Catholic” adds absolutely zilch to apologetics and evangelization efforts.In the Gospel of Luke it is obvious that atleast some reverence should be shown to The Blessed Virgin Mary. Luke 1:48
Why don’t protestants call her blessed…It’s in the Bible!
This is probably a way to be expedient at what ever point they are pushing, and a knee jerk reaction to what they perceive as idolatry. I think she is ordinary in that she is flesh descending of Adam a fallen man like the rest of us and that she doesn’t posses divine nature, I agree with Saint Augustine that man is like a beast between two riders, in that we have a “slave-will”. It is only of the power of God that she was saved.
I too believe denying Mary as the Mother of God is a knee jerk reaction by non-Catholic Christians, but I am not sure if it is a knee jerk reaction to idolatry though. More of a knee jerk reaction towards any Catholic belief.
This has to be an overstatement, what christian has said this?