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Mosesbutez:
After his prophetic vision of the eternal glories of
heaven at the end of the book of Revelation, the apostle
John described how he was overwhelmed by what he’d
seen.
And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at
the feet of the angel who showed me these things. But
he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of
yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those
who heed the words of this book. Worship
God.” ( Revelation22:8-9 )
The Roman Catholic Church has committed the same
error as John, promoting a mere citizen of heaven to an
improper place of authority and honor. Despite the
overwhelming testimony of Scripture, the Catholic
Church has elevated Mary—a self-described servant of
the Lord ( Luke 1:38 )—to the same level as God, if not
higher.
In his Ineffabilis Deus in 1854, Pope Pius IX established
as dogma the immaculate conception of Mary, which
preserved her from inheriting original sin. His
concluding statements provide a good summary of the
Catholic view of Mary.
Let all the children of the Catholic Church, who are so
very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still
more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them
continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without
original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this
most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers,
difficulties, needs, doubts and fears. Under her
guidance, under her patronage, under her kindness and
protection, nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless.
Because, while bearing toward us a truly motherly
affection and having in her care the work of our
salvation, she is solicitous about the whole human
race. And since she has been appointed by God to be the
Queen of heaven and earth, and is exalted above all the
choirs of angels and saints, and even stands at the right
hand of her only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
she presents our petitions in a most efficacious manner.
What she asks, she obtains. Her pleas can never be
unheard.
Those words are echoed and expanded on throughout
Roman Catholic history. Tradition dictates that Mary is
part of the monarchy of heaven, soliciting grace and
mercy from the Lord on behalf of sinners, and covering
sin by distributing from her Treasury of Merit. She
became a co-redeemer with Christ in His suffering on
the cross, and is now a co-mediator alongside Him in
heaven—essentially an alternative avenue of access to
God. She replaces the Holy Spirit in bestowing aid and
comfort to believers. In effect, she becomes an
additional member of the Trinity.
That blasphemy stands in sharp contrast to what
Scripture actually says about Mary, and even what she
says about herself. Luke 1:46-55 records her humble
reaction to the news that she would give birth to the
Son of God.
And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit
has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard
for the humble state of His bondslave; for behold, from
this time on all generations will count me blessed. For
the Mighty One has done great things for me; and holy
is His name. And His mercy is upon generation after
generation toward those who fear Him. He has done
mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who
were proud in the thoughts of their heart. He has
brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted
those who were humble. He has filled the hungry with
good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed. He
has given help to Israel His servant, in remembrance of
His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and
his descendants forever.”
The God she praised—the God of the Bible—does not
need to be coaxed or wooed to distribute His blessings.
He’s not harsh, distant, or indifferent—He’s gracious,
righteous, and merciful. Rather than glorifying herself,
she humbly worshiped the Lord.
Scripture actually has very little to say about Mary.
There’s no description of her physical appearance,
nothing about her life, her later years after Christ’s
death, or her own death and burial. And when she does
briefly appear with the disciples and the other believers
on the day of Pentecost, she’s not an object of worship
or even a leader in the early church—she’s just one
among many. There simply are no biblical examples of
anyone ever praying to her, honoring her, or venerating
her.
Nor does she play a role in any biblical explanation of
the gospel. Paul wrote a magnificent treatise on the
doctrine of salvation that we know as the book of
Romans, and all he said about the mother of Jesus is
that she was “a descendent of David” ( Romans 1:3 ).
He’s even less specific in Galatians, another lengthy
exposition of the pure, true gospel in which he simply
said that Christ was “born of a woman” ( Galatians
4:4 ).
Contrast that with the unending Catholic volumes on the
life of Mary, the miracles of Mary, the death of Mary,
the apparitions of Mary, and on and on it goes. That’s
why it’s often a shock for Catholics to read the Bible
and see how little is actually said about Mary.
But that’s what happens when you elevate tradition to
the level of Scripture and ascribe to men the infallible
characteristics that only belong to God. It warps the
truth of Scripture and distorts the Person and work of
Jesus Christ.
God alone is our Redeemer, our Deliverer, our
Benefactor, and our Comforter. He alone is to be
worshiped, venerated, adored, and petitioned. The
testimony of Scripture is clear.
Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you
fugitives of the nations; they have no knowledge, who
carry about their wooden idol and pray to a god who
cannot save. Declare and set forth your case; indeed,
let them consult together. Who has announced this from
of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the
Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, a
righteous God and a Savior; there is none except Me.
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I
am God, and there is no other. ( Isaiah 45:20-22 )

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