Catholics: If Jesus Was The Perfect Lamb Because He Was Without Sin Does That Mean A Sinless Mary can Redeem?

Question

us, too?

Jesus' death on the cross redeemed mankind because he was a sinless, blameless sacrifice lamb.

Since Catholics believe Mary was sinless, too, is Mary also a redeemer and Savior?

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Answer 1

Mary was not without sin. Mary was simply a virgin, which does not mean she wasn't a sinner. She just wasn't involved in sexual sin. However, Mary was born with a sin nature, like as we, because of Adam.

Answer 2

Oh my goodness! She was not sinless! Every person who has been born of man and woman ( meaning from man's sperm) has been born into sin. They have a sinful nature. Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, and yes came from the womb of Mary but she was a virgin and conceived by the Holy Spirit,- HE IS GOD! (John 1:1) Mary is not God, and she was a normal human being like the rest of us. The Catholic church, if they do teach this is teaching false doctrine- I do know they hold her high and pray to her which is also wrong as the Bible says Jesus is the one mediator between God and man. Jesus is the only sinless one, our only Savior. Praise be to Him!

Answer 3

The Blessed Virgin Mary was redeemed by Christ at the moment of her conception, we call her the Immaculate Conception and Ever-virgin. The Blessed Virgin Mary was free from original and personal sin her whole life, we know this, because the angel announced that she was "full of grace (God's very life and presence in her)". Christ's sacrifice is not bound by time or space. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Holy Mother of God. It is proper that God was incarnated in the holy, sinless womb of his beloved Mother. The Blessed Virgin Mary cannot redeem mankind, but she played a very important role in bringing salvation-Christ, to mankind. Read Genesis 3:15

Answer 4

No. Only Jesus can redeem, and the Church teaches just that.

Jesus the New Adam is the one Savior and Redeemer of all humankind. By His Incarnation, Death and Resurrection He redeems us from the sin of the first Adam. Mary the New Eve plays a lesser, dependent, subordinate role in the redemption of the world, by virtue of her relation to Christ and her cooperation in His life's mission. So she is sometimes called the Coredemptrix, which means "Woman with the Redeemer" (not co-redeemer!).

Mary cannot and does not redeem us by herself. She only plays a lesser role in the redemptive work of Christ. The Coredemptrix concept re-emphasizes the fact that Jesus is the Redeemer, for if He weren't then Mary could not be the Coredemptrix.

English-speakers misunderstand this Latin term because in our language the prefix co usually means "equal-to", like a co-worker. But that prefix comes from the Latin word ***, meaning "with", not "equal to". So Coredemptrix means "with the Redeemer", and since it has a feminine suffix ("-trix"), it indicates a female. So in Latin Coredemptrix literally means "Woman with the Redeemer", not "female co-redeemer" (as some people think). Mary is the Woman who is specially associated with Jesus Christ in His earthly mission.

Also, being a patriarchal language, a feminine suffix in Latin indicates a lesser, subordinate status. So the term coredemptrix is immediately subordinate to redemptor, or redeemer, just by virtue of its suffix. So in Latin, Coredemptrix always means that Mary's cooperation in the Redemption is secondary, subordinate and dependent entirely on the work of Christ.

Note that Catholics call Jesus the Redeemer - not the "Coredeemer" - because His act of Redemption is primary and independent of anyone else. Mary participates in that act in a completely subordinate and dependent way.

Answer 5

Of course not. The perfect Lamb of God, Jesus -- fully God and fully man -- sacrified Himself; His death on the cross redeems all of us including His mother, and His resurrection gives us all (including her) hope of eternal life in Him.

But you knew that. Right?

Answer 6

Mary needed a savior also.
So told Elizabeth that she rejoiced in the coming of her savior.

Answer 7

I do not know for sure whether Mary was always a virgin, nor if she was sinless her entire life because I was not there. (I'm not Catholic either.)

But let's just say they are right and that Mary was sinless her entire life and remained a virgin. Just because Jesus was sinless does not make him the savior. He was the savior because he was foreordained to be the savior of the world, and only He, the Son of God, could be our savior.

Answer 8

ONLY GOD IS SINNLESS ALL OTHERS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS THAT CAN ONLY BE REDEEMED BY A SINLESS BEING

Answer 9

No.
The 'perfect lamb' had to be both God and man to atone for our sins.

Answer 10

Where did it ever say Mary was sinless (or remained a virgin her whole life)