2006-09-01 15:04:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Catholics do not believe that Mary is God. But she is the mother of Jesus, God the Son.
Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.
The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.
Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa.
As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-01 17:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics do NOT believe that Mary is God. Catholics do NOT pray to Mary as God. Catholics have at NO time ever said Mary was God in the flesh. Where did you get those stupid ideas. You should really consult a Catholic on what they believe, and NOT someone with an anti-Catholic agenda.
Catholics worship only Jesus as God and Savior, and no one else.. They honor and revere Mary as the woman God Himself chose to be the mother of His Son on earth. God gave her that privilege and honor, so should we give her less importance? She was totally human and not divine. We consider her to be among the saints in Heaven before the throne of God. Could you imagine Jesus not giving His own mother that honor? If you believe He gave the honor of sainthood to John the Baptist, St. Peter, St. Paul, Matthiew, Mark, Luke, and John, then it only stands to reason that He would also bestow that honor on His own mother who bore Him for 9 months in her womb, took care of Him, protected Him, wiped away His tears, suffered when He was tortured and persecuted and then stood with Him with a breaking heart when they crucified Him. Even the apostles abandoned Jesus when they took Him to be crucified, but not Mary. If we could imitate her extraordinary love for her son who was also her God, then we could be great saints, too. Jesus said, "Who are my brothers and my mother but those who do the will of God. Mary not only really was God's mother, but she lived her life doing God's will.
2006-09-01 22:45:08 · answer #2 · answered by mammabecki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was assumed that the sins of the father is passed to his children. The original sin was Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit. Taking the Bible literally, everyone born after Adam and Eve cares the sinful burden.
The church founders believed that Jesus was the son of god and was born in a pure state. How could he be born in a pure state if he inherited the sin of Adam and Eve from Mary.
The church removed that paradox by saying that Mary was born without sin, therefore she could not pass her sin to Jesus. Mary was the Immaculate Conception. This removed the paradox from Jesus and placed it on Mary. Since Mary was a minor character compared to Jesus, the Paradox could remain but it would be a waste of time to argue the point.
The generations later has taken Mary and has elevated her status because of her unique status of being born without sin.
The Christian belief that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of humanity. No longer are the sins passed down so all children from that point on has been born without sin. The grief of death of a baby in childbirth could be offset by the knowledge that its place in heaven was assured since the baby had no sin to keep him out of heaven.
2006-09-01 22:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Cellophane 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mohammed thought they did. He thought the Trinity was God, Mary & Jesus. I think He thought that because of the apochryphal writings being tossed around.
Some Catholics probably think so.
2006-09-01 22:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mary ... not Marry
2006-09-01 22:23:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they believe she was a "normal" person. She was chosen to give birth to Jesus Christ.
2006-09-01 22:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by swrong 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
> I'm Catholic.
Mary? No.
2006-09-01 22:07:37 · answer #7 · answered by pacific_crush 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. Her son is, not Mary.
2006-09-01 22:10:35 · answer #8 · answered by nellierslmm 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good lord...I hope not. It's bad enough that they pray to her!
2006-09-01 22:07:40 · answer #9 · answered by Moxie Crimefighter 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, and thanks for two points. (They believe what the Bible says---that she was the mother of Jesus.)
2006-09-01 22:11:10 · answer #10 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋