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Title: Doctrine of Devils Session 5


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Doctrine of DevilsSession 5
The Apparitions of Mary (The Queen of Heaven
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The Apparitions of Mary (The Queen of Heaven ?)
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The lady signaled, with her finger that
    Bernadette should come nearer.
  • Bernadette was almost frozen to the ground. She
    spontaneously grabs her rosary, kneels down, and
    tries to make the sign of the cross.
  • But she cannot do this until The Lady who is
    carrying a Rosary with a large shining Crucifix
    has made the sign of the cross.
  • While Bernadet is praying the rosary she sees
    that The Lady is also letting her beads slide
    through her fingers, but without moving her lips.
  • This vision lasts for about 15 minutes. The
    other girls saw nothing of this vision but
    Bernadette told them about it and thus the news
    is told to mother Soubirous.

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Two or three hundred people have come together at
    the grotto.
  • They see the face of Bernadette Soubirous looking
    very sad.
  • She crawls on her knees over the ground stopping
    several times to mutter penance. penance..
    penance. She said that The Lady had asked her to
    do this as penance for the sinners.
  • Hail Marypray for us sinners

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Once again the grotto is full of people.
  • The outward apparition of Bernadette Soubirous
    during this apparition is strange, due to what
    Mary is saying to her.
  • " My daughter, I want to tell you, just for you
    and about you one last secret, which you must
    never tell anyone else.
  • Now go and drink and wash at the spring and eat
    of the grass growing nearby.
  • Mary points with Her finger to the grotto.
  • Then Bernadet sees dirty muddy water, she cannot
    drink it. She tries three times to dig deeper and
    deeper.

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • On the fourth occasion she can drink it and
    washes herself with it.
  • Then she eats the grass.
  • Some of the people present say "she is mad".
  • But after Bernadet dug in it the spring became
    enormous. It was to become a spring of 100,000
    litres a day.
  • Many people call it the miraculous water.
  • The tenth apparition took place in the presents
    of 800 people.

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • She asks The Lady, her name, repeating the
    question three times. The Lady smiles at her and
    then Bernadette gets the courage to ask The Lady
    her name for a fourth time! Now she is given THE
    ANSWER.
  • I am the Immaculate Conception
  • This statement from the Lady confirms the
    doctrine of Pope Pius 1X.
  • She is "The Lady Clothed with the sun", The
    completely pure one.
  • Our Lady announced Her Immaculate Conception to
    Sister Catharina Labouré during the apparitions
    at the Rue du Bac in 1830.
  • .

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • She also taught Sister Catharina Labouré the
    following prayer.
  • O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who
    have recourse to Thee
  • The miraculous medal was at first called "the
    medal of Mary of The Immaculate Conception".
  • Bernadette Soubirous did not understand it, not
    even following her visit to the Parish Priest She
    started to understand it in the afternoon
    following her talk with Mr. Estrade, a learned
    man, that The Lady was The Virgin Mother.

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The Lady of Lourdes had identified herself by
    referring to the Catholic dogma that had been
    defined by the church only four years before. On
    December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX declared the
    Immaculate Conception to be an official dogma of
    the church.
  • From his bull we read "We declare, pronounce
    and define that the most blessed Virgin Mary, at
    the first instant of her conception was preserved
    immaculate from all stain of original sin...."
    Obviously, by giving such a response the Lady of
    Lourdes was claiming to be the Blessed Virgin
    Mary -- the mother of Jesus Christ.

Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 Bernadette Soubirous
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Our Lady shows us that She can hold back Her Sons
    Arm, if we listen to and obey Her Messages.
  • Our Lady of Victories,
  • Our Lady of Hope,
  • (Pray my children.)
  • The Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Lady of Pontmain Mother of Hope 1871 Eugene and
Joseph Barbadette,
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Apparitions of Mary
  • See the graces which I shall
  • pour out over all who wear it
  • in trust of me and whilst
  • spreading this devotion.
  • Whilst so saying, She spread
  • Her hands and rain fell very generously, within
    each drop clearly written was a grace health,
    trust, respect, love, holiness, all the graces
    which one could ever things of in greater or
    lesser amount. To this She added these graces
    are from My Son I take them out of His Heart. He
    can refuse me nothing

Our Lady of Pellevoisin Estelle Faguette 1876
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Flying around the altar were several angels. The
    women called several other people to the church.
    They too saw the apparition.
  • What they and thirteen others saw in the
    still-bright day was a beautiful woman, clothed
    in white garments, wearing a large brilliant
    crown. Her hands were raised as if in prayer.
  • This woman was understood by all who saw her to
    be the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus
    and the Queen of the Angels.
  • Our Lady of Comfort, the Blessed Virgin, our
    Blessed Mother.

Our Lady of Knock 1879 Mary McLoughlin and Mary
Beirne Ireland
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Apparitions of Mary
  • In his third and final apparition to the children
    in autumn 1916 in Fatima, the Angel gave them
    Holy Communion, and demonstrated the proper way
    to receive Our Lord in the Eucharist
  • all three children knelt to receive Communion
    and Lucy was given the Sacred Host on the tongue
    and the Angel shared the Blood of the Chalice
    between Francisco and Jacinta.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The second encounter took place on the Feast of
    St. Anthony of Padua. Our Lady asked the children
    to pray the Rosary daily. She promised to take
    Jacinta and Francesco to heaven soon.
  • To Lucia, She gave the mission of remaining in
    the world to establish devotion to Her Immaculate
    Heart. She promised Lucia "My Immaculate Heart
    will be your refuge and the way that will lead
    you to God." On that occasion Our Lady gave the
    children another vision of God and revealed to
    the Her Immaculate Heart, surrounded by thorns,
    outraged by the sins of humanity, and seeking
    reparation for them.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Lucia later revealed that as she spoke these
    words, Lady Mary opened her hands and rays of
    light from them seemed to penetrate the earth so
    that they saw a terrifying vision of hell, full
    of demons and lost souls amidst indescribable
    horrors.
  • This vision of hell was the first part of the
    "secret" of Fatima, and was not revealed until
    much later.
  • The children looked up to the sad face of the
    Blessed Virgin, who spoke to them kindly "You
    have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners
    go. To save them, God wants the devotion of My
    Immaculate Heart to be spread over the world and
    to increase.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • August 13th 1917 the children were in prison in
    Ourem, a few kilometres from Fatima. Jacinta, in
    tears offered everything for the conversion of
    sinners.
  • The time that Our Blessed Lady would appear came
    and went.
  • The twenty thousand people in Fatima saw and hear
    the rumble of thunder and a vividly brilliant
    flash of lightening in the clear blue sky.
  • The sun grew pale and the whole atmosphere
    changed to a dull, sickly sort of yellow, while a
    light cloud, of beautiful shape, appeared and
    hovered a while over the oak tree and the place
    of the apparitions.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • On the 19th of August Lady Mary appeared in
    Fatima to the children in the area which is
    called Valinos, I want you to come to Cova da
    Iria on the thirteenth and continue to pray the
    rosary, at the last apparition, I shall do a
    miracle, so that all people may believe.
  • When Lucie asked Our Lady to heal some sick
    people. Our Lady answered, During the next year
    I shall heal some.
  • Pray! Pray! A lot and bring offers for the
    sinners, as a lot of souls go to hell because
    nobody offers themselves for these souls or prays
    for them.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • On a rainy day at October 13th of 1917 in Fatima
    the mystic Lady appeared for the sixth and last
    time to the children.
  • More than 70.000 people in Fatima were present
    that evening.
  • The children were still the only one who can seen
    her and she declared that she was the Holy Maria.
  • She declared the children her three secrets and
    appeared then. Suddenly, the rain stops and the
    clouds drove away to reveal the sun. The sun
    began to turn around and seems to fall down !
    witnesses declared later.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The people thought that the world ended but the
    sun resumed its normal position back to the sky.
  • By tradition it is told that this phenomenon
    happened twice.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The sun miracle which all these people had
    witnessed can best be described in the following
    words.
  • After the long extensive rains, the sky became
    blue, people could easily look into the sun,
    which started to spin round like a wheel of fire
    which radiated wonderful shafts of light in all
    sorts of colours.
  • The people, the hills, the trees and everything
    in Fatima seemed to radiate these marvellous
    colours.
  • Then the sun stood still for a moment then the
    wonderful thing that had happened reoccurred. It
    was repeated for a third time.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • But now the sun broke loose from the heavens and
    came down to earth with a zigzagging movement.
  • It became bigger and bigger and looked as though
    it would fall on the people and flatten them.
  • All were frightened and fell to the ground while
    they prayed for mercy and forgiveness.
  • The people prayed

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which
    seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this
    fire were demons and souls in human form, like
    transparent burning embers, all blackened or
    burnished bronze, floating about in the
    conflagration, now raised into the air by the
    flames that issued from within themselves
    together with great clouds of smoke, now falling
    back on every side like sparks in a huge fire,
    without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks
    and groans of pain and despair, which horrified
    us and made us tremble with fear. fear and terror.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
FATIMA First Secret is the vision of Hell
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The demons could be distinguished by their
    terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful
    and unknown animals, all black and transparent.
    This vision lasted but an instant.
  • How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind
    heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by
    promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to
    heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of
    fear and terror.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • We then looked up at Our Lady, who said to us so
    kindly and so sadly You have seen hell where
    the souls of poor sinners go.
  • To save them, God wishes to establish in the
    world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.
  • If what I say to you is done, many souls will be
    saved and there will be peace.
  • The war is going to end but if people do not
    cease offending God, a worse one will break out
    during the Pontificate of Pius XI.

Our Lady of Fatima 1917 Francisco Marto, Jacinta
Marto, Lucia Dos Santos
Second Secret included Mary's instructions of
how to save souls from Hell and reconvert the
world to Christianity
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Jacinta died soon afterwards 20th of February
    1920.
  • Francesco had died the previous year on the 4th
    of April 1919.
  • Eight years after the Fatima events, when Sister
    Lucy was living in a convent in Pontevedra,
    Spain, she experienced another apparition of Our
    Lady.
  • On the 10th of December 1925 Our Blessed Lady
    appeared to her in Pontevedra, with Her Child in
    a cloud of light.

8 years after Fatima Apparition at Pontevedra
Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The Child said "have mercy on the heart of your
    Blessed Mother, it is surrounded with thorns with
    which the ungrateful people still continue to
    pierce it.
  • Continually piercing Her heart with nobody
    removing the thorns by acts of restitution".
  • Then Our Blessed Lady said "My daughter, see My
    heart surrounded by thorns with which the
    ungrateful people pierce it with their
    blasphemous language and ungratefulness.

8 years after Fatima Apparition at Pontevedra
Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • You try to comfort me and to make it known, that
    all who have attended Mass on the first Saturday
    for five consecutive months, been to confession
    and received Holy Communion, prayed the rosary
    and kept Me company for fifteen minutes while
    meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the
    Rosary, with the intention of making reparation
    to My Immaculate Heart. and do this has
    restitution. I shall grant them the mercy which
    they will need in their hour of death".

8 years after Fatima Apparition at Pontevedra
Lucia Dos Santos
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Apparitions of Mary
  • The Blessed Virgin appeared in Beauraing more
    than 30 times.
  • "I shall convert the Sinners
  • "I am the Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God
    pray always
  • "Do you love My Son? Do you love Me? Then offer
    yourself up for Me!!
  • "THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
  • The apparition identified herself as "the
    Immaculate Virgin," "the Mother of God," and "the
    Queen of Heaven."
  • The apparitions were given the rare "positive
    affirmation" of the church. This is the fourth
    category

Our Lady of Beauraing Beauraing, Belgium
1932 Andree and Gilberte Degeimbre 15 and 9
years of age and Fernande, Golberte and Albert
Voisin
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Apparitions of Mary
  • "I opened my eyes and stared at the image of the
    Madonna above the bedhead. To my great amazement
    I saw that the effigy was weeping. I called my
    sister-in-law Grazie and my aunt, Antonina
    Sgarlata, who came to my side, showing them the
    tears. At first they thought it was a
    hallucination due to my illness, but when I
    insisted, they went close up to the plaque and
    could well see that tears were really falling
    from the eyes of the Madonna, and that some tears
    ran down her cheeks onto the bedhead. Taken by
    fright they took it out the front door, calling
    the neighbors, and they too confirmed the
    phenomenon"

Weeping Madonna of Syracuse Mariette Beco
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Several cases of weeping Rosa Mystica statues
    mentioned by Mehring S. Francisco Solano,
    Argentina, tears of blood since 1988. Many of
    these statues weep, sometimes even tears of
    blood.
  • Our Lady requested that the desired devotion be
    realized, and said I have placed myself as the
    mediatrix between my Divine son and mankind,
    especially for the soul consecrated to God.

Rosa Mystica statue weeping. Mary speaks to
Pierina Gillio .
1988
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The doctrine concerning Mary is an evolving one
  • Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) wrote of Marys
    unique role in the redemption of mankind when he
    offered She renounced her mothers rights for
    the salvation of mankind and, as far as it
    depended on her, offered her Son to placate
    divine justice so we may say that with Christ
    she redeemed mankind.  

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The doctrine concerning Mary is an evolving one
  • Pope John Paul II in his General audience of
    Wednesday, December 18, 1996 said Beginning
    with Simeons prophesy, Mary intensely and
    mysteriously unites her life with Christs
    sorrowful mission  she was to become her Sons
    faithful co-worker for the salvation of the human
    race. What Pope Benedict XV, Pope John Paul II
    and other theologians are saying is the Virgin
    Mary cooperated in our redemption under and
    subordinate to Christ and that God freely willed
    to associate the Blessed Mother in an intimate
    and direct way with her Son in the redemption of
    mankind.

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The doctrine concerning Mary is an evolving one
  • Other quotations of Pope John Paul II expressing
    Marys role as co-redemptrix
  • March 31, 1985 May Mary our Protectress, the
    Co-Redemptrix, to whom we offer our prayer with
    great outpouring, make our desire generously
    correspond to the desire of the Redeemer.

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The doctrine concerning Mary is an evolving one
  • October 6, 1991 Birgitta looked to Mary as her
    model and support in the various moments of her
    life, She spoke energetically about the divine
    privilege of Marys Immaculate Conception.  She
    contemplated her astonishing mission as Mother of
    the Savior. She invoked her as the Immaculate
    Conception, Our Lady of Sorrows, and
    Co-Redemptrix, exalting Marys singular role in
    the history of salvation and the life of
    Christian people. (after Mass to honor the
    canonization of St. Birgitta).
  • November 4, 1984 To Our Lady- the Co-Redemptrix-
    Charles (St. Charles Borromeo) turned with
    singularly revealing accents.

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The doctrine concerning Mary is an evolving one
  • Mary as co-redemptrix
  • Five cardinals have sent a letter inviting
    prelates worldwide to join them in petitioning
    Benedict XVI to declare a fifth Marian dogma they
    said would proclaim the full Christian truth
    about Mary.
  • Over 500 Bishops Have Sent Their Request for
    This Solemn Definition
  • The text includes the petition that asks the Pope
    to proclaim Mary as the Spiritual Mother of All
    Humanity, the co-redemptrix with Jesus the
    redeemer, mediatrix of all graces with Jesus the
    one mediator, and advocate with Jesus Christ on
    behalf of the human race.

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Is Worship of Mary Biblical?
  • Facts about Mary in the Bible
  • Not one prayer to Mary in the Bible
  • Not one instance of her miraculously helping
    anyone
  • Not one suggestion that she could or would help
    anyone miraculously or otherwise
  • From Genesis thru Revelation it is established
  • God not Mary is our refuge
  • God not Mary is our help in times of trouble
  • God not Mary is our salvation


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Is Worship of Mary Biblical?
  • Facts about Mary in the Bible
  • The Magi worshipped Jesus NOT Mary
  • NIV Mat 22 and asked, "Where is the one who has
    been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in
    the east and have come to worship him."
  • NIV Mat 211 On coming to the house, they saw the
    child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down
    and worshiped him. Then they opened their
    treasures and presented him with gifts of gold
    and of incense and of myrrh.

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Warnings from the Bible
  • NIV 1Jo 41
  • Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but
    test the spirits to see whether they are from
    God, because many false prophets have gone out
    into the world.

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Warnings from the Bible
  • NIV Gal 18-9
  • But even if we or an angel from heaven should
    preach a gospel other than the one we preached to
    you, let him be eternally condemned!
  • As we have already said, so now I say again If
    anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than
    what you accepted, let him be eternally
    condemned!

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Warnings from the Bible
  • NIV Gal 18-9
  • But even if we or an angel from heaven should
    preach a gospel other than the one we preached to
    you, let him be eternally condemned!
  • As we have already said, so now I say again If
    anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than
    what you accepted, let him be eternally
    condemned!

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Warnings from the Bible
  • No where in Scripture are we told to put our eyes
    upon anyone other than the Lord himself. We are
    told to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and
    finisher of our faith.
  • NIV Heb 122 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the
    author and perfecter of our faith, who for the
    joy set before him endured the cross, scorning
    its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the
    throne of God.

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Warnings from the Bible
Though she was greatly blessed, and undoubtedly a
godly woman, she still needed a savior. Mary
said, "And my spirit has rejoiced in God my
Savior," (Luke 147). A sinless person does not
need a savior.
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Warnings from the Bible
Jesus said, "...You shall worship the Lord your
God, and serve Him only" (Matt. 410). The
incredible danger of Mary worship is warned about
in Exodus 204-5, "You shall not make for
yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the
water under the earth. You shall not worship them
or serve them for I, the Lord your God, am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
on the children, on the third and the fourth
generations of those who hate Me."
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Warnings from the Bible
Where does it say that Mary was exalted above
angels and men second only to her son? This
would mean that Mary is just under Jesus, the
creator of the universe, in position. Vatican
II's comments are not biblical.
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Warnings from the Bible
Mother of God is a misleading term. Mary is
not the Mother of God in the sense that God, the
creator of the universe, had a mom. Rather,
Mary is the mother of the human nature of Jesus,
not the mother of the divine nature.
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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • MOTHER OF GOD - Because she is the mother of
    Jesus, and Jesus is God, therefore Mary is the
    Mother of God. ("Catechism" 963, 971, 2677).

Mother of God is a misleading term. Mary is
not the Mother of God in the sense that God, the
creator of the universe, had a mom. Rather,
Mary is the mother of the human nature of Jesus,
not the mother of the divine nature.
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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • The Pope officially gave Mary the title "Queen of
    Heaven" and established a feast day honoring
    Mary, Queen of Heaven.
  • Humble and obedient. Calls herself "the handmaid
    of the Lord."

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • IMMACULATE CONCEPTION -- Mary was preserved from
    all stain of original sin from the first instant
    of her conception. ("Catechism" 490-492).
  • Knew she needed a savior "And my spirit hath
    rejoiced in God my saviour." (Luke 147)

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • ALL-HOLY - Mary, "the All-Holy," lived a
    perfectly sinless life. ("Catechism" 411, 493)
  • Romans 323 says "For all have sinned, and come
    short of the glory of God".

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • PERPETUAL VIRGINITY - Mary was a virgin before,
    during and after the birth of Christ.
    ("Catechism" 496-511)
  • Matthew 124-25 says, "Then Joseph being raised
    from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
    bidden him, and took unto him his wife And knew
    her not till she had brought forth her firstborn
    son and he called his name JESUS." "Till"
    (until) means that after that point, Joseph did
    "know" (have sexual relations with) Mary.

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • PERPETUAL VIRGINITY - Mary was a virgin before,
    during and after the birth of Christ.
    ("Catechism" 496-511)
  • Matthew 1354-56 says,
  • "And when he was come into his own country, he
    taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that
    they were astonished, and said, Whence hatch this
    man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not
    this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother
    called Mary? And his brethren, James, and Joses,
    and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they
    not all with us?"

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • "Glorious Assumption" (Mary was bodily taken up
    into Heaven).
  • ASSUMPTION - At the end of her life, Mary was
    taken up ("assumed") body and soul into Heaven.
    ("Catechism" 966, 974)
  • If Mary had been supernaturally assumed into
    Heaven, wouldn't John (the disciple that Mary
    lived with) have mentioned it?
  • When Enoch and Elijah were taken up to Heaven,
    the Bible recorded it. With Elijah it was
    recorded in some detail. (See Genesis 624 and 2
    Kings 21 18.)

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • Catholics are the adopted children of Mary.
    "Woman behold your son" (John 1926) is taken to
    apply literally to every Catholic.
  • MOTHER OF THE CHURCH - Mary is the Mother of the
    Church. ("Catechism" 963, 975).
  • Jesus told John to take Mary into his home and
    take care of her as if she was his own mother.

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • Sometimes pictured standing on a crescent moon,
    wearing a crown or with a circle of stars around
    her head.
  • (as the goddess of heaven)
  • Normal woman.

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • Supernatural (apparitions accompanied by miracles
    and healings).
  • Normal woman.

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • Can make Jesus do things. A full page newspaper
    ad showing Mary and Jesus says, "He hasn't denied
    her anything in 2,000 years. What would you have
    her ask Him?" This is not official Catholic
    doctrine but it is a widespread attitude which is
    encouraged by pious literature.
  • Points people to Jesus.
  • Mary said, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do
    it."  (John 25)

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Catholicism v.s. Christianity
  • CATHOLIC MARY
  • BIBLICAL MARY

  • Apparitions of "Mary" have promised that if
    people wear certain objects (such as a Scapular
    or Miraculous Medal) or say certain prayers then
    they are guaranteed to go to Heaven. The Catholic
    Church has not officially approved of these
    practices, but it has also not discouraged them.
  • Knew that she needed a savior. (Luke 147)

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DEVOTION TO MARY
When Pope John Paul II was shot, while the
ambulance was rushing him to the hospital, the
Pope was not praying to God or calling on the
name of Jesus. He kept saying, over and over,
"Mary, my mother!" When the Pope recovered, he
gave Mary all the glory for saving his life, and
he made a pilgrimage to Fatima to publicly thank
her. (Note 4)
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DEVOTION TO MARY
Jesus said, Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also." (Luke 1234) Some statues
of Mary have real crowns made of gold. The
crowns on the original statues at Fatima and
Lourdes are real crowns made of real gold.
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DEVOTION TO MARY
Vast sums of money are spent on some special
statues of Mary. For example, the statue of Our
Lady of the Pillar in Saragossa, Spain has a
crown made of 25 pounds of gold and diamonds,
with so many diamonds that you can hardly see the
gold.
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Apparitions of Mary
  • Pope John Paul II and the Roman Catholic Church
    have acknowledged that this has become the
    greatest religious event of our time.
  • Mary offered a unique contribution to the Gospel
    of suffering, by embodying in anticipation, the
    expression of St. Paul she truly has a special
    title to be able to claim that she completes in
    her flesh what was lacking in the suffering of
    Christ

Concerning the Apparition of Mary to the children
of Medjugorje, Bosnia 1981
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The Marion faction
  • The Marion faction throughout the Roman Catholic
    Church has repeatedly petitioned the Pope to
    confirm the traditions of Mediatrix and
    Coredemptrix and Advocate as Christian dogma.
  • Note this could be the reason he chose the name
    Pope Benedict XVI

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Apparitions of Mary
  • Starting in 1968, and continuing over a 2-3 year
    period, an apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared
    over the Coptic Church of Saint Mary in Zeitoun,
    Egypt.
  • It was witnessed by millions of people of
    different religious beliefs, it was photographed
    and videotaped. Miraculous cures were also
    experienced. Investigations into the matter found
    no natural explanation. Time to start moving the
    goal posts?

Coptic Church of Saint Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt
1968
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The Common Link
  • Apparitions of Mary are the common link that
    connects Islam and Hinduism to Roman
    Christianity.
  • For the secret power of lawlessness is already at
    work but the one who now holds it back will
    continue to do so till he is taken out of the
    way. And then the lawless one will be revealed,
    whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the
    breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor
    of his coming. The coming of the lawless one
    will be in accordance with the work of Satan
    displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles,
    signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that
    deceives those who are perishing. They perish
    because they refused to love the truth and so be
    saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful
    delusion so that they will believe the lie and
    so that all will be condemned who have not
    believed the truth but have delighted in
    wickedness. 2 Th. 27-12

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