Do Catholics believe Mary was a sinner?

Question

Can you please give bilblical scripture to support your answer.

Answer 1

Catholics believe she was not a sinner..................however, there is no Scriptural basis for this.

She was an ordinary person and God used her to be the Mother of Jesus. However, she needed a Savior too.............

Answer 2

Luke 1:28: "Hail Mary, the Fullness of Grace, the Lord is with you."

What does "fullness of grace" mean? It means that the full measure of grace that God can give a person, which means total and complete absolution from all sins, a complete and irrevocable cleansing of any trace of sin.

The Angel greeted Mary and identified her as a person who had already received the fullness of grace, which means that she was without sin.

BTW, most protestant versions of Luke use a very loose (and poor) translation of the Greek words here, so it comes out a paltry "highly favored" or something like that. To verify what I have written above, learn Greek and study the passage yourself. You will see that "highly favored" is a bad translation, purposely used by Protestants who want to downplay the role of Mary in Scripture. The phrase cannot be translated literally because it is a title and we don't have a title in English that means the same thing, but "you who are Most Graced" or "you who have received the fullness of grace" are pretty close.

Answer 3

When the angel Gabriel called Mary, "Full of grace," Mary was already full of grace.

When the angel Gabriel said, "The Lord is with you," the Lord was already with her.

The Blessed Virgin Mary was in a state of grace before she says "yes" to the angel's question and before the Holy Spirit came upon her for a different purpose.

When did Mary's state of grace begin?

Catholics believe this state of grace was with Mary since her Immaculate Conception. This means that Mary was conceived in the normal way (not like Jesus) but that she did not inherit original sin.

With the grace of God and without the effects of original Sin, we believe that Mary did not commit personal sin at any time during her life.

God prepared her for her later role as the mother of Jesus.

Catholics celebrate this miracle on December 8 as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 490 and following: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt2art3p2.htm#490

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Catholis believe she never sinned, they also believe that she was born in a special way without original sin. The rest of the christians believe that Mary did not commit any sin in relation to Jesus' conception, but we do not believe that she never said a lie, or stealed a coin from her sister or father.

All mankind, (except Jesus) is included in the "all" at Romans 3:23. Jesus is the only exception because He was the Saviour sent by God.

22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Answer 5

No.
In the name of the truth, our Blessed Mother was not a sinner. She was chosen by God to bear His son that will save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).
She was also chosen by God not to inherit the original sin commited by our first parents (Adam and Eve). God wills it because the woman who should bear the savior of the world should be bore in a clean womb- to a woman that has no sin.
Mary, as Mother of Christ and an Immaculate Mother is also honored as blessed among women.(Luke 1:48).

Answer 6

Mary - the Immaculate Ark of the New Covenant
Exodus 25:11-21 - the ark of the Old Covenant was made of the purest gold for God's Word. Mary is the ark of the New Covenant and is the purest vessel for the Word of God made flesh.

2 Sam. 6:7 - the Ark is so holy and pure that when Uzzah touched it, the Lord slew him. This shows us that the Ark is undefiled. Mary the Ark of the New Covenant is even more immaculate and undefiled, spared by God from original sin so that she could bear His eternal Word in her womb.

1 Chron. 13:9-10 - this is another account of Uzzah and the Ark. For God to dwell within Mary the Ark, Mary had to be conceived without sin. For Protestants to argue otherwise would be to say that God would let the finger of Satan touch His Son made flesh. This is incomprehensible.

1 Chron. 15 and 16 - these verses show the awesome reverence the Jews had for the Ark - veneration, vestments, songs, harps, lyres, cymbals, trumpets.

Luke 1:39 / 2 Sam. 6:2 - Luke's conspicuous comparison's between Mary and the Ark described by Samuel underscores the reality of Mary as the undefiled and immaculate Ark of the New Covenant. In these verses, Mary (the Ark) arose and went / David arose and went to the Ark. There is a clear parallel between the Ark of the Old and the Ark of the New Covenant.

Luke 1:41 / 2 Sam. 6:16 - John the Baptist / King David leap for joy before Mary / Ark. So should we leap for joy before Mary the immaculate Ark of the Word made flesh.

Luke 1:43 / 2 Sam. 6:9 - How can the Mother / Ark of the Lord come to me? It is a holy privilege. Our Mother wants to come to us and lead us to Jesus.

Luke 1:56 / 2 Sam. 6:11 and 1 Chron. 13:14 - Mary / the Ark remained in the house for about three months.

Rev 11:19 - at this point in history, the Ark of the Old Covenant was not seen for six centuries (see 2 Macc. 2:7), and now it is finally seen in heaven. The Jewish people would have been absolutely amazed at this. However, John immediately passes over this fact and describes the "woman" clothed with the sun in Rev. 12:1. John is emphasizing that Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant and who, like the Old ark, is now worthy of veneration and praise. Also remember that Rev. 11:19 and Rev. 12:1 are tied together because there was no chapter and verse at the time these texts were written.

Rev 12:1 - the "woman" that John is describing is Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Just as the moon reflects the light of the sun, so Mary, with the moon under her feet, reflects the glory of the Sun of Justice, Jesus Christ.

Rev. 12:17 - this verse tells us that Mary's offspring are those who keep God's commandments and bear testimony to Jesus. This demonstrates, as Catholics have always believed, that Mary is the Mother of all Christians.

Rev. 12:2 - Some Protestants argue that, because the woman had birth pangs, she was a woman with sin. However, Revelation is apocalyptic literature unique to the 1st century. It contains varied symbolism and multiple meanings of the woman (Mary, the Church and Israel). The birth pangs describe both the birth of the Church and Mary's offspring being formed in Christ. Mary had no birth pangs in delivering her only Son Jesus.

Isaiah 66:7 - for example, we see Isaiah prophesying that before she (Mary) was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son (Jesus). This is a Marian prophecy of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

Gal 4:19 - Paul also describes his pain as birth pangs in forming the disciples in Christ. Birth pangs describe formation in Christ.

Rom. 8:22 - also, Paul says the whole creation has been groaning in travail before the coming of Christ. We are all undergoing birth pangs because we are being reborn into Jesus Christ.

Jer. 13:21 - Jeremiah describes the birth pangs of Israel, like a woman in travail. Birth pangs are usually used metaphorically in the Scriptures.

Hos. 13:12-13 - Ephraim is also described as travailing in childbirth for his sins. Again, birth pangs are used metaphorically.

Micah 4:9-10 - Micah also describes Jerusalem as being seized by birth pangs like a woman in travail.

Rev. 12:13-16 - in these verses, we see that the devil still seeks to destroy the woman even after the Savior is born. This proves Mary is a danger to satan, even after the birth of Christ. This is because God has given her the power to intercede for us, and we should invoke her assistance in our spiritual lives.

Answer 7

SOME Catholics believe Mary did not sin. But there is no scripture stating specifically that Mary was sinless. She was free from Original Sin so that she would be worthy of carrying Jesus in her womb. Mary herself acknowledged her need of a Saviour, which would mean that she knew she was a sinner.

"And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." Luke 1:46-47

"For he hath made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." 2 Corinthians 5:21

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10

"For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." Ecclesiastes 7:20

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" Romans 5:12

"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." Romans 3:12


Jesus himself DID NOT exalt Mary, and insisted that those who do God's will would be blessed, not those who exalted Mary, as in the passage below. That's not to say that she couldn't be asked to intercede on our behalf, or acknowledged to be an amazing woman.

"... a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he [Jesus] said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:27-28

*****ETA:***** There WAS a Pope that declared it part of doctrine taht Mary was without sin. I forget which Pope at the moment. That is why so many Catholics believe it to be true, because we are to accept the word of the Pope as he sits in the papal chair as the All See, that his word is from God. Obviously this would conflict with what's in Scripture. And it's for issues such as this that God gave us all brains, to decide on our own rather than blindly accept someone else's claims.

Answer 8

Mary was born...that is the proof.
Everyone born is under the sin of Adam...everyone dies.
Perfect people ended with Adam and Eve...everyone else is imperfect.
Jesus was born perfect because Mary was the incubator for the Baby God put there in her womb.He had no earthly father.

Catholics think she is sinless and the mother of God.

Answer 9

No, as the chosen vessel of God, she was pure. Otherwise, she could not have been the mother of our Lord. The Angels in Luke Chapter 1 praised her as "full of grace". And she willingly did the will of God. This is the opposite of being a sinner.

Answer 10

Mary was not a sinner. She was born without original sin, hence the immaculate conception (hers).