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Old 07-29-2010, 04:50 AM
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Default what are the views of Mary in roman catholicism and orthodox churches?

is it the same? she is Mother of God but what are the more teachings about Mary? in which aspects Orthodoxes and roman catholics agree about Mary?
why is she new Eva? if Eva had a husband and it was Adam.. Mary had a husband and it was Joseph
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Old 07-31-2010, 04:50 AM
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The beliefs seem to be largely the same. The Assumption of Mary is there, as is the Immaculate Conception.
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Old 08-03-2010, 04:50 AM
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I am catholic and we
honor Mary as the mother of Jesus
the same as you would honor your mother
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Old 08-05-2010, 04:50 AM
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I don't share their same beliefs. I am Baptist. I always thought that Catholics worshiped idols so I don't even go there.
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Old 08-09-2010, 04:50 AM
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Roman Catholics do not worship the Blessed Mother of God. We pray to Her so that She may intercede for us to Jesus Christ. She was given to us at Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He gave His mother to us ? 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. Jon 19, 26-27

The Blessed Mother of God was conceived without the Original Sin. Therefore, She could not die. God had Her ascended to heaven: Body and Soul just as Jesus Christ ascended into heaven. Hopefully, all faithful servants of Jesus Christ will be resurrected body and soul at His second coming.
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Old 08-10-2010, 04:50 AM
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As a Roman Catholic, I can say, we honor Mary and respect her as the Mother of Jesus..

We know that she is a mere mortal and a human just like us, but people who think we are idolaters or even put Mary before God should first put themselves in Mary's place or even Mary's parent's place or even Joseph's.. About 2000+ years ago, an unmarried woman willingly impregnated by what would be the Saviour of mankind.. Mary never refused and was ready to do God's will. She was aware of how people would look at her, she could have be stoned to death in those times, but she accepted it all..
Throughout the bible there is no account of Mary's sufferings, especially after the crucifixion.. She had to flee from the place and lived in hiding for the rest of her life. It was a life however she selflessly accepted..

Would you have done the same?
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Old 08-12-2010, 04:50 AM
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There was an incident in the early church where a teaching arose that Jesus was not God, but a created being, not co eternal with the Father. Those who believed this way called Mary "Christotokos" - literally, the one who gave birth to Christ. The Church insisted that Mary gave birth to God the Son, and so insisted on calling Mary "Theotokos" - the one who gave birth to God. This title is not one of honor to Mary so much as it is a doctrinal teaching about Jesus! It is the common teaching of the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

"Theotokos" does not mean to imply that Mary is the mother of God the Father, nor of God the Holy Spirit, but affirms that her son Jesus was true God. Those who deny that Mary is Theotokos must be very careful not to deny that Jesus is God the Son in the same breath. The Church hashed this out very carefully 1500 years ago!

A little understanding can go a long way to using this term without fear of elevating Mary to the Godhead. It was never meant to do that, and is not used that way by Orthodox or Roman Catholic Christians.

The decision to call Mary "Theotokos" was made in the Third Ecumenical Council in 431 A.D. -- the same one that forbade changes to the Nicene Constantinopolitan Creed.

Both consider Mary to be "ever-virgin" -- meaning that she retained her virginity throughout her life, and was specially prepared by God to be the mother of the incarnate Logos. The "brothers and sisters" mentioned in the gospels could also have been translated as "cousins", as the term is not precise. The Orthodox in particular consider Joseph to have been an older man, possibly with children from an earlier marriage (he was presumably, then, a widower).

She is the new Eve because it was through her that the Savior came into the world, who overcame the sin our first parents Adam and Eve thousands of years earlier.

There is some difference in the amount of devotion paid to Mary; a little less among the Orthodox, but she is highly featured as a saint and as one who intercedes for us, as do all the saints.
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