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Nobody in the earliest centuries of Christianity taught that Mary was immaculately conceived, bodily assumed into Heaven, Queen of Heaven, etc.
A fundamental difference between Protestant and Roman Catholic theology is the source of divine revelation. Catholics believe God did not cease providing (through the Holy Spirit) divine revelation when Scriptures were completed. Divine revelation is a continuing process called "tradition" as codified and taught by the Magisterium with the Holy Father as the head. This should be recognized when criticizing Catholic doctrine. Bill Miller
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Tammy interesting post. I really have a lot of respect for the Catholic and Protestant position on the matter. I have a lot of respect for the Bible to. Guess I will just keep looking.
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Nobody in the earliest centuries of Christianity taught that Mary was immaculately conceived, bodily assumed into Heaven, Queen of Heaven, etc.
Actually, they did. Read Faith of Our Fathers – there are numerous mentions of it. Ray
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How reliable are Catholic claims about Mary? Nobody in the earliest centuries of Christianity taught that Mary was immaculately conceived, bodily assumed into Heaven, Queen of Heaven, etc. The Bible doesn’t exempt Mary from the universal sinfulness (Romans 3:9-23), and church fathers were saying that Mary DID sin before any speculated that she DIDN’T sin. Even after it eventually became popular to view Mary as sinless after birth, men like Ambrose and Augustine still denied that she was immaculately conceived. James White writes (http://www.aomin.org/JRWOpening.html): If the Papacy is not evident at Nic
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