The Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 17

Beschreibung

This book deciphers the "phenomenon of Mary" for non-Catholics and non-Orthodox. Discover the uniqueness of Mary, her heavenly role, and the deep spirituality of her veneration. An indispensable read for all who want to understand the fascination of traditional Marian devotion.

Leseprobe

The Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A guide to understanding the Mother of God for reformed Christians and people of other faiths.

The veneration that Catholic and Orthodox Christians bring to the Blessed Virgin Mary often encounters misunderstanding and confusion outside these traditional churches. In particular, reformed Christians of various denominations often struggle to comprehend the intense devotion and appreciation with which Catholics and Orthodox approach the Mother of God.

The Catholic Church refers to Mary as the Queen of Heaven, or also the Queen of Angels. It sees in Mary a truly special, outstanding human being. According to the teachings of the church, Mary, after Adam and Eve, is the third human being created by God without original sin. She is something like a new Eve. Thus, she holds a completely extraordinary position in humanity.

So, Mary is not just a particularly devout young woman who, two thousand years ago in Palestine, willingly submitted to God's will, became pregnant by the Holy Spirit, and gave birth to Jesus after nine months. Mary herself was already conceived without original sin by her mother Anna. So even before her own birth, when Mary was conceived, God ensured that original sin did not pass onto her. Thus, God prepared the birth of his son Jesus through the Virgin Mary already at her conception. When Mary was conceived by her parents, Joachim and Anna, God broke the chain of original sin for Mary. Why did God do this? Because His son, Jesus Christ, of course, cannot enter the world through a sinful human. Jesus Christ is fully human and fully God. And where God is, there can be no sin. For the incarnation, God needed a pure vessel, a pure human, a pure virgin who voluntarily agreed to receive God's son and bring him into the world.

Even this understanding of the Blessed Virgin Mary goes far beyond all assumptions and statements made by the reformed churches regarding Mary. But the details we have