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Hi, guys —
I had read something about Our Blessed Mother Mary in one of our local
Charismatic magazines Shalom Times in regard to our belief
that she is the Mother of God. It quoted the following Bible
passage.
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them
a question, saying, 42 "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is
he?" They said to him, "The son of David." 43 He said to
them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls
him Lord, saying, 44 "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right
hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet"? 45 If David thus calls
him Lord, how is he his son?"
Matthew 22:41-45
Here Jesus says David, by the Holy Spirit, calls Jesus as Lord because
Jesus who being David's son was also the Lord, God Himself.
Similarly, in the nativity, the Scriptures tell us, Elizabeth is a
cousin, kinswoman, relative of Mary in Luke 1:36 and that she was
filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke out with a loud voice
calling Mary, her cousin, the Mother of her Lord.
Because
Mary, being Elizabeth's cousin, was also the Lord God's
mother.
Various translations account Elizabeth's greeting to
the Lord's mother: Mary,
as:
- Good News Today's English Version
- Why should this great thing happen to me, that my Lord's mother comes
to visit me?
Weymouth New Testament- But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should
come to me?
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)- I feel blessed that the mother of my Lord is visiting me.
World English Bible- Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come
to me?
Bible in Basic English- How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
American King James Version- And what is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come
to me?
New American Standard Bible (©1995)- "And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would
come to me?
International Standard Version (©2008)- Why should this happen to me, to have the mother of my Lord
visit me?
King James Bible- And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should
come to me?
American Standard Version- And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should
come unto me?
Darby Bible Translation- And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should
come to me?
I have rarely seen any of the apologetic web sites on the net use
these verses.
- Do they have another meaning?
I have another question about Scripture and Tradition. The Protestants
received the basis of their belief: The Holy Bible from
the Catholic Church who had preserved it from the beginning.
- Am I correct in saying that the Canon of the New Testament Bible was
Church Tradition, and therefore the backbone of Sola Scriptura
believers, is based on the Tradition of the Catholic
Church? — i.e. The Scriptures evolved from Tradition.
God bless you.
In Christ Jesus and Mary,
Alfred
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John replied:
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Hi Alfred,
These verses can be used to prove the divinity of Christ and Mary as the
Mother of God.
Moreover, the fact that John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth's womb at
the hearing of Mary's voice, speaks volumes about Mary's role as the first evangelist. In addition, we see that just as David danced before the Ark
of the Covenant, the Baptist leaped before Mary who the Fathers of the Church call the
Ark of the New Covenant.
With respect to the Scriptures, it is truly ironic that Protestants accept
the Tradition of the Canon and then abuse the canon to try and prove Sola
Scriptura.
It was indeed this irony that caused me to question my Protestantism and
leave the pulpit.
Interestingly enough, Protestants also accept other Traditions not explicitly
taught in Scripture like:
- the Trinity
- Christ as one Divine Person with two natures, one Divine and one human.
- Monogamy, never explicitly taught in Scripture.
That's just to name the first few that popped off the top of my head.
John
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