Thriving as a Catholic

1
Mary
Lecture 9 Holy Spirit Marys role in
Salvation Four Dogmas
2
Typology

• Where is Mary in Scripture?
• Unity of Scripture
• We must remember that the Bible is not just the
  New Testament.
• The Bible must be read in its whole the NT and
  the OT.
• The New Testament is hidden in the Old, the the
  Old Testament is revealed in the New.
• Prooftexting?
• Catholics dont simply find support for her
  Marian beliefs by finding isolated passages that
  seem to support the Church doctrines.

3
Typology

• Definition
• The interpretive principle by which the Church
  reads the New Testament in light of the Old
  Testament.
• Type
• Anything in the Old Testament that points to the
  coming of Christ and His work in our redemption.
• People, places, or events in the OT that
  prefigure, foreshadow, or prepare Gods people
  for salvation through the son of God.
• Scriptural roots
• Heb 85 The Jerusalem priests serve as a
  copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary.
• Rom 514 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,
  even over those whose sins were not like the
  transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one
  who was to come.

4
Typology

• Jesus use of typology
• Mt 126 Jesus explains that he is greater than
  the Temple.
• Mt 1241 Jesus compares himself to Jonah.
  Jonah was saved from the belly of the whale after
  3 days Christ will rise from the dead after 3
  days.
• Mt 1242 Jesus is greater than Solomon.
  Solomon built the temple on the foundation stone
  Christ built the Church on Peter, the Rock.

5
Marian Typology

• From the very beginning of Scripture we see the
  man and the woman.

• Old Testament
• Adam and Eve
• Moses and the Ark
• David and his Queen Mother

• New Testament
• New Adam and New Eve
• New Moses and the New Ark
• Christ, the true Son of David and Mary, the true
  Queen Mother

• Eve and Mary
• Eve A virgin and undefiled, having conceived
  the word of the serpent, brought disobedience and
  death into the world.
• Mary A virgin and undefiled, received and
  conceived the word of the Angel Gabriel, gave
  birth to the Son of God, thus obedience and life
  entered the world.

6
Objection

• Why do I have to go to Mary when I can go
  directly to Jesus?
• Fact of the matter
• Jesus does not come directly to us.
• Jesus comes to us thru the Holy Spirit.
• We do not go directly to Jesus.
• We go to Jesus thru the Holy Spirit.
• Holy Spirit
• Enables us to
• Be united with Jesus believe in Jesus be united
  with the Father.
• Scripture
• Rom 89-12
• 1 Cor 123

7
Holy Spirit in the OT

• Creation Gen 11-2
• Spirit of God overshadowed the waters.
• Ark of the Covenant Ex 4034-38
• Exodus Holy Spirit led Israelites out of Egypt
  in form of pillar of cloud.
• Mt. Sinai Leads them to Mt. Sinai - wrapped in
  cloud.
• The Ark God gave Moses clear instructions how
  to build the ark. The pillar of cloud filled the
  ark.
• Temple I Kings 810
• Solomon built Temple - cloud fills the Temple.
• 586 BC Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and Temple.

8
Holy Spirit in the NT

• New Creation
• Gen 11-2
• Luke 126-35
• New Ark of the Covenant

• Ark of the Covenant contained
• Manna - bread from heaven.
• Tablets - Ten Commandments (words of God)
• Staff of Aaron - High Priest

• Marys womb contained Jesus
• True bread from heaven.
• The Word of God in flesh.
• The true High Priest

9
Visitation
2 Sam 6 The Ark Luke 139-52 Mary

• (v 2)
• And David arose and went with all the people who
  were with him up to Baalejuda.
• (v 18)
• David blessed the people in the name of the
  Lord
• (v 9)
• David said, How can the ark of the Lord come to
  me?
• (v 16)
• Michallooked out the window and saw King David
  leaping before the ark.
• (v 11)
• And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of
  Obed-edom the Gittite three months.

• (v 39)
• In those days Mary rose and went with hast into
  the hill country, to a city of Judah
• (v 42)
• Elizabeth exclaimed with a loud cry, Blessed
  are you among women.
• (v 43)
• And why is this granted to me, that the Mother of
  my Lord should come to me?
• (v 44)
• For behold, when the voice of your greeting came
  to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.
• (v 56)
• And Mary remained with Elizabeth for about
  three months.

10
Holy Spirit in the NT

• New Creation
• Gen 11-2
• Luke 126-35
• New Ark of the Covenant
• Temple
• 2 Macc 24-8
• Rev 1119 121

• Ark of the Covenant contained
• Manna - bread from heaven.
• Tablets - Tem Commandments (words of God)
• Staff of Aaron - High Priest

• Marys womb contained Jesus
• True bread from heaven.
• The Word of God in flesh.
• The true High Priest

11
Mary and the Holy Spirit

• CCC 725
• The Spirit brings men into communion with Christ.
• What is His instrument? Mary
• Examples in Scripture
• Annunciation Humanity
• Luke 135
• Visitation Elizabeth and John
• Luke 139
• Presentation Simeon
• Luke 222
• Wedding at Cana people of Cana
• Beginning of his public ministry

12
Mary and the Church

• When was the Church conceived?
• The end of Jesus public ministry the
  crucifixion.
• John 1925-26
• Woman
• In light of Scripture
• Gen 315
• John 24
• Rev 1119
• To take into your home - accept her as your
  Mother.
• Pentecost
• Acts 114
• Mary is present when the Holy Spirit descends
  upon the Apostles.

13
(No Transcript)