which bible passages allow catholics to pray or ask mary to intercede on your behalf?

Answer 1

None, no where in the Bible does it say to pray to Mary, or confess to a priest.

Answer 2

Catholics have their own doctrine (man made doctrine) which is called "Apocrypha" (which means hidden words).It was not included in the Bible for some reasons: it was not inspired by God,some passages are contradicted to the Word.They believe and pray to all saints (Mary and other bible authors) to intercede them to God.But there's no such passages in the bible telling that Mary will intercede them.It is very clear in the bible that only His Son Jesus has the authority to intercede us to God.He (Jesus) is the only Way,the Truth and the Life (John 14:6).
Mary had chosesn God to be a mother of Jesus because she was a virgin.She accepted to be a mother (Immaculate conception).She had no power and authority to intercede us.We have salvation through Jesus only.

Answer 3

Sarahsmama, Dali333 why do you show your ignorance by attempting to answer a question not meant for you? You obviously know nothing about Catholicism.

There are many things that Christians do that are not explicitly directed in the Bible, but the precedent is there. For instance, Moses interceded for the Israelites so that God would not destroy them; Mary interceded for the newly-weds in Cana when Jesus was not going to help. So the idea of intercession is taught in the Bible.

In the Davidic Kingdom, the king's mother was queen and whatever she asked for the king would do. Do you think that Jesus will not do the same for his mother? Of course, if we ask Mary for something contrary to God's will, she will not intercede with her son for us. But, just as at Cana, if a petition is not against God's will she will intercede for us at the throne of her son.

Answer 4

You are right that there is no Bible verse which says "Thou shalt pray the Hail Mary." There is also no Bible verse which says "Thou shalt sing Amazing Grace at funerals." We Catholics do not see anything wrong with either.

For an oversimplified answer see Luke Chapter 1 which is the basis for the Catholic prayer Hail Mary.

Answer 5

The Catholic church is not wrong because of Protestant animosity,it is the one true Apostalic church that was founded by Christ on Peter,it`s moral and doctrinal teachings have been around a lot longer than Protestant theology, and teaches on the authority given to it by Christ.
Protestants generally are ignorant of Catholic catechism and a little knowledge can be very dangerous.

Answer 6

That is only the contentions of the Roman Catholics Church which is a clear ind8cation that Roman Catholic Church were lost on their teachings on the bible. The popes, the catholic bishops and priest are ordering their members to pray to Mary although they know that Mary is not God

Answer 7

The Mediterranean peoples use to have household gods called Lars, which they kept on an alter. It could take the form of a popular mother goddess figure like Isis, Venus, Aphrodite or Astarte, virgin mothers of saviour-gods. They could also have statues of saviour-gods like Mithra. Or father-god figures like Zeus or Jupiter.

Isis = Virgin Mary.
Mithra = Jesus
Zeus = God the Father

As Christianity spread, local traditions merged with Christian beliefs and Mary, Jesus and God were adopted into the Christian religion. Mithra's birthday happens to coincide with Christmas!

Answer 8

thats a good question for a priest.
i know that passage dosent exist in my bible.

so i am showing my ignorance....ok, that may be.
but, i will tell you that i sat in a catholic church for 17 years and listened to the bullsh*t. later to find out that our priest was raping young men.
i went on and spent many years in many types of churches , including pentocostal churches, and i have spent COUNTLESS hours studying the bible.
i could spend ALOT of time on this subject but , i will summarize this particular issue by asking....... why would anyone NEED to ask intercession? are you saying that GOD in his PERFECT KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM, can actually have his mind changed, just because someone else asks him? man, thats a scary thought actually. btw, yes i know about the first miracle and the water changing to wine....remember jesus was a MAN at that time, and of course he listened to his mother.if you read closely, you will see that he become closer and closer to his FATHER during that 3 years that followed, and is less and less influenced by humans. i would like to think that by the time he died and resurrected, he no longer needed the advice of humans!

additionally, asking for intercession indicates that God is incapable of handling all of his own mail. i think not. something stinks.methinx its the hands of the catholic preist.

Answer 9

Before Jesus Christ died for our sins and opened the gates of heaven there were no saints in heaven. Therefore there are no Old Testament writings that would mention them.

Very few of the new Christians died before most of the New Testament was written. Therefore there is little in the Bible about asking saints to pray for us.

However the last book of the Bible does talk about the saints in heaven praying.

Revelation 5:8: Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.

Revelation 8:3-4: He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne. The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.

The Holy Spirit guided the early Church in many things not explained in the Bible including how does the Body of Christ (believers) living on Earth relate to the Body of Christ (saints) living in heaven. We are still one Body.

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 living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.

Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.

With love in Christ.

Answer 10

The folloing passages apply to Intercessory Prayer pertaining to all saints, not just Mary. This is just a relatively small sample of passages that confirm Intercessory Prayer to Mary and the Saints:

God Desires and Responds to Our Subordinate Mediation / Intercessory Prayer
1 Tim 2:1-2 - because Jesus Christ is the one mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5), many Protestants deny the Catholic belief that the saints on earth and in heaven can mediate on our behalf. But before Paul's teaching about Jesus as the "one mediator," Paul urges supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. Paul is thus appealing for mediation from others besides Christ, the one mediator. Why?

1 Tim 2:3 - because this subordinate mediation is good and acceptable to God our Savior. Because God is our Father and we are His children, God invites us to participate in Christ's role as mediator.

1 Tim. 2:5 - therefore, although Jesus Christ is the sole mediator between God and man, there are many intercessors (subordinate mediators).

1 Cor. 3:9 - God invites us to participate in Christ's work because we are God's "fellow workers" and one family in the body of Christ. God wants His children to participate. The phrase used to describe "fellow workers" is "sunergoi," which literally means synergists, or cooperators with God in salvific matters. Does God need fellow workers? Of course not, but this shows how much He, as Father, loves His children. God wants us to work with Him.

Mark 16:20 - this is another example of how the Lord "worked with them" ("sunergountos"). God cooperates with us. Out of His eternal love, He invites our participation.

Rom. 8:28 - God "works for good with" (the Greek is "sunergei eis agathon") those who love Him. We work as subordinate mediators.

2 Cor. 6:1 - "working together" (the Greek is "sunergountes") with him, don't accept His grace in vain. God allows us to participate in His work, not because He needs our help, but because He loves us and wants to exalt us in His Son. It is like the father who lets his child join him in carrying the groceries in the house. The father does not need help, but he invites the child to assist to raise up the child in dignity and love.

Heb. 12:1 - the “cloud of witnesses” (nephos marturon) that we are surrounded by is a great amphitheatre of witnesses to the earthly race, and they actively participate and cheer us (the runners) on, in our race to salvation.

1 Peter 2:5 - we are a holy priesthood, instructed to offer spiritual sacrifices to God. We are therefore subordinate priests to the Head Priest, but we are still priests who participate in Christ's work of redemption.

Rev. 1:6, 5:10 - Jesus made us a kingdom of priests for God. Priests intercede through Christ on behalf of God's people.

James 5:16; Proverbs 15:8, 29 - the prayers of the righteous (the saints) have powerful effects. This is why we ask for their prayers. How much more powerful are the saints’ prayers in heaven, in whom righteousness has been perfected.

1 Tim 2:5-6 - therefore, it is because Jesus Christ is the one mediator before God that we can be subordinate mediators. Jesus is the reason. The Catholic position thus gives Jesus the most glory. He does it all but loves us so much He desires our participation.