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While I understand RCC Marian theology as well as the average person (having been raised in the RCC), I am deeply disturbed by how extreme reverence for Mary has become in some circles.
I was shocked that anyone even proposed the "Co-Redemptrix" hypothesis, yet a petition in its favor received millions of signatures. The Vatican has (wisely) refused to dogmatize the concept, but I hardly think that enough. To my conscious it sounds like a heresy that should have been flatly rejected rather then gently discouraged. Of course, that's just my opinion.
While I understand RCC Marian theology as well as the average person (having been raised in the RCC), I am deeply disturbed by how extreme reverence for Mary has become in some circles.
Is this another post about my religion is better than yours? Former Catholics are generally very anti-catholic.
It is all about culture and tradition. In some parts of the world the Virgin is huge. For Polish Catholics the virgin is huge. For others is no big deal. This is all about TRADITION which is virtually unknown in Protestant churches.
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I was shocked that anyone even proposed the "Co-Redemptrix" hypothesis, yet a petition in its favor received millions of signatures. The Vatican has (wisely) refused to dogmatize the concept, but I hardly think that enough. To my conscious it sounds like a heresy that should have been flatly rejected rather then gently discouraged. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Thanks.
When was the last time you went to mass?
The mass is about Jesus!
Mary is a devotion and generally not part of the mass.
Is this another post about my religion is better than yours? Former Catholics are generally very anti-catholic.
Is that how my post came across to you, as anti-catholic and my-religion-is-better?
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When was the last time you went to mass?
The mass is about Jesus!
Mary is a devotion and generally not part of the mass.
Did I mention mass? You seem very defensive considering that all I did was mention a Marian doctrine that was not approved by the Vatican.
Iam4USC - you may feel satisfied that it was not approved, but I am dissatisfied that it was not condemned as heretical and stopped right there. That's my opinion.
Iam4USC - you may feel satisfied that it was not approved, but I am dissatisfied that it was not condemned as heretical and stopped right there. That's my opinion.
In my younger years as a Catholic it was very difficult for a Catholic to marry a Protestant. Very much frowned upon by both the clergy and family. The non-catholic had to take classes about Catholicism and agree that any children would be raised Catholic.
By the time I was in my 20s the rules began to lessen and it slowly became easier for a mixed marriage to take place.
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