Mary
Discussion on Mary can be long and complicated, but lets clear up one thing. Many Non-Catholic Christians think that Catholics adore and worship Mary. We do not adore or worship her, we venerate and honor her. After all she is the Mother God.
How can she be the Mother of God? Doesn't that mean she was before God then?
Mary gave birth to Jesus the son of God. By being the mother of Jesus, Mary is also the Mother of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity. As defined by the trinity, Jesus is truly God, made Man. Then Mary is the Mother of God. Obviously Mary did not exist before God. Jesus is the son of God from all eternity who became also the son of Mary in time.
Is Marian devotion important in Christian life?
This has been a bone of contention between Catholics and Protestants for nearly 500 years.
Let’s look at the evidence in just the first chapter of Luke.
First, the Angel Gabriel honors her with the greeting “Hail, full of grace” (Luke 1:29).
Then Elizabeth prophesies “blessed are you among women.”
Next the prophet John leaps for joy in his mother’s womb at the sound of Mary’s voice.
Then, in her response to Elizabeth, Mary prophesies “all generations will call me blessed” (Lk 1:48).
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