Let us turn to the New Testament to learn what God say about Mery. A key passage is Luke 1:26-49. The Archangel Gabirel calls the Virgin Mary "highly favored" with God and the most "blessed" of all wormen (Luke 1:28). The Church can never do less. In Luke 1:42,43, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, also calls Mary "blessed," and "the mother of my Lord." Con we not make the same confession? For centuries the Church with one voice has called Mary the mother of God. If God was not in her womb, we are dead in our sins. By calling her "mother of God" we do no mean, of course, that she is mother of the Holy Trinity. She is mother of the eternal Son of God in His humanity. Thus we call her the Theotokos or God-bearer. Not only does Elizabeth call her blessed, but Mary herself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, predicts, "All generations will call me blessed" (Luke 1:48). This biblical prophecy explains the Orthodox hymn, "It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos, the Mother of our God.
2007-11-02 08:28:26 · 4 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Beautifully put. We are supposed to honor and bless her any "church" that says other than that is following heresy.
"More Honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, Thou who without stain barest God the Word and art truly Theotokos we magnify thee."
2007-11-02 09:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by alexandersmommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orthodox Christians understand the Theotokos to be our greatest intercessor before Christ. She participated in our salvation not by her suffering, but by her willingness to obey God, to be the Mother of our Savior.
The ancient Church and the Councils agree. The is Theotokos, the God-Bearer.
From one Troparian:
Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy
illumined by your coming, O Mother of God.
Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you:
"Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection;
deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ,
your Son and our God that He may save our souls."
2007-11-02 15:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Part of the tradition. I suppose this is one of the reasons I don't worship in an Orthodox Church like I used to.
I Cr 13;8a
2007-11-02 20:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are meaning the catholic church this is because she was jesus earthly mother and a virgin. mary was blessed by god.
2007-11-02 15:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋