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Quote: Originally Posted by xformer7 I think all posted so far are all viable options. I was thinking the same thing. But maybe there are more...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin I am a Catholic, obedient (within my poor human limits) to the Magisterium. I have neither the scholarship nor the context to interpret Scripture on my own. This is the very essence of obedience . And please let me remind you that the Church pre-dates the Bible. Remember the people who are telling you how to understand the written Word of God, are the same people who are telling you that your church...

As an obedient (within my weak human limits) Catholic I utterly disagree with you. Tradition, Scripture, Magisterium. That's the end of it for me. Else, each person is his own church, and lacking the background, wisdom and knowledge to interpret Scripture, inevitably strays from the truth.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bailey2 Which is the better translation of Luke 17: 21? "for the Kingdom of God is Within you?" (Cath living bible) or "the kingdom ....... is among you" (new american bible) or...... some other translation anyone? thank you in advance! You must ask yourself: If "the Kingdom of God is within you" who is the "you" that the Bible is referring to?...

Its been debated whether Junias is male or female, regardless I am surprised that is still in the wiki article since they do not allow original research, which clearly that is. It is also debated the meaning of the sentence, some interpreted it as meaning Junia was honored by the apostles, others read it to mean Junia was an Apostle. St John Chrysostom said Junia was female and an apostle, since apostle is used different ways in the New...

Thanks! I was confused because the Catachism says : "493 The Fathers of the Eastern tradition call the Mother of God "the All-Holy" (Panagia), and celebrate her as "free from any stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature".138 By the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long. " I assumed this meant that we (Roman)...

Quote: Originally Posted by COPLAND 3 Some thoughts that I have after a few days reading the posts. I will argue boths sides. 1) I have seen that charismatics make the point that those gifts are Biblical and were practiced in the early Church. I don't deny that and I'm sure just about any Catholic would not, but the issue is whether they were done in the same way that charimatics interpret it. It comes down to how it should be...

Scriptures give us the pattern of her thought when confronted with any confusion or perplexity. Scripture says that Mary was one to "ponder things in her heart". Because of this I always imagine our Blessed Mother as one who was very thoughtful and one who was not hasty to come to conclusions. I think this gives us circumstantial evidence that Mary would not be one hasty to come to the conclusion that her son was mad....

Quote: Originally Posted by Myqyl But back to Mark 3... It says His family (relatives I think in NAB) doubted Him and then 10 verses later Mary is at the door looking for Him. This could justifiably confuse our non-Catholic brothers and sisters into thinking Mary was included in "His relatives"... Is there a Scripture based arguement that would show she was not among the "relatives"? I would point out that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cachonga I would point out that if Mary isn't a relative of Jesus, nobody is! However, I don't think Mark 3 indicates that Mary had any doubts about Jesus. As one who believes in Sola Scriptura, I would suggest that if anyone tried to use this to "prove" Mary doubted, they would not be reading the scriptures properly. I would suggest that the Holy Spirit (who moved on the writers of...