Mary Idolatry:
"Just as Mary cannot be understood apart from her Son, the journey of the Church cannot be understood apart from Mary. For the Virgin Mary is, by her fait, the first Christian and the first disciple. Further, she is the spiritual mother of all the children of God, given us by our Savior from the Roman cross: "when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, 'Woman, behold, your son.' Then he said to the disciple, 'Behold, your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home" (John 19:26-27)."
Grace of conversion through Mary? Where is that in the Word of God? NO WHERE! This is idolatry.
"From Mary, all grace overflows into us. She is the Mediatrix of All Graces. Nothing comes from God to us except through Mary. Nothing goes from us to God except through her. Saint Bernardine of Siena says, 'All the gifts and graces that we receive from God are given by Mary, to whom, when, and as she pleases.' Saint Louis Marie de Montfort says that no one gets into Heaven without venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary."
"Just as Mary cannot be understood apart from her Son, the journey of the Church cannot be understood apart from Mary. For the Virgin Mary is, by her fait, the first Christian and the first disciple. Further, she is the spiritual mother of all the children of God, given us by our Savior from the Roman cross: "when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, 'Woman, behold, your son.' Then he said to the disciple, 'Behold, your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home" (John 19:26-27)."
First Christian? First disciple? Where is the Scriptural substantiation for those statements? We have no idea who the first Christian is...especially if one holds to the doctrine of election. God has been electing HIS saints since the fall of Adam and Eve!
Christian - the first usage of the word:
Act_11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Christians - G5546 - From G5547; a Christian, that is, follower of Christ.
- G5547 - From G5548; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.
- G5548 - Probably akin to G5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, that is, (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service.
- G5530 - Middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from G5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, “graze” [touch slightly], light upon, etc.), that is, (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner.
Using just the basic definition of Christian - a follower of Christ, would mean that the Old Testament saints could be classified as such. Perhaps Adam was the first Christian?
"Mary is the Mediatrix of all graces: that is why the grace of conversion will come through her."
Grace of conversion through Mary? Where is that in the Word of God? NO WHERE! This is idolatry.
"From Mary, all grace overflows into us. She is the Mediatrix of All Graces. Nothing comes from God to us except through Mary. Nothing goes from us to God except through her. Saint Bernardine of Siena says, 'All the gifts and graces that we receive from God are given by Mary, to whom, when, and as she pleases.' Saint Louis Marie de Montfort says that no one gets into Heaven without venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary."
All the gifts received from God are given by Mary? No one gets into heaven without venerating her? Scripture? None.
It behooves us to remember that Mary, while the mother of Christ, is not to be put on a pedestal. No where did Christ Jesus, the Messiah, EVER elevate her above anyone else.
He rebuked her several times:
Luk 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Joh 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Mat_12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Oh Father, open blind eyes and deaf ears to hear the truth of Your Word. Let the fallacies and heretical teachings of denominations fall and be exposed. Raise up people to pray and intercede for those who are lost an dying. Please increase Your laborers into the harvest.
Quotes were taken from catholic.org
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