Feast of St. Irenaeus

St. Irenaeus was born in Asia around 120 A.D. He sat under the teaching St. Polycarp who was instructed in the Faith by St. John the Apostle. From St. Irenaeus’ Against Heresies:
Mary is the Mother of God
“The Virgin Mary, …being obedient to His word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear [...]

Mary Can’t Hear Your Prayers

NAV: Prayer is only to be directed to our God, who can listen and hear my prayer…
BFHU: Could you please support this with Scripture?
NAV: If we pray to Mary at the same time at different parts of this world do you think she could hear us?… only God could hear us all at the same [...]

The “New” Dogma of the Immaculate Conception

J: First of all my friend, I am not anti_Catholic. The word is a bit harsh as it forments hatred, but let me assure you that i am not an anti-Catholic. My wife in fact is a Catholic.
BFHU: I apologize, I did not in any way mean to imply that you were anti-Catholic. And [...]

Dogma of the Immaculate Conception

Jeronie: I appreciate your response. However, I have some comments as well.
First, the Bible prophesied that the Messiah shall come from the line of David,
which means Mary could have been a distant relative of David. Now take note that
David has once been an adulterer and murderer, in short he has sinned.
Therefore, if Mary came from [...]

Where Does Scripture Say Mary Was Sinless?

Jeronie Frias: “Jesus and Mary were sinless…” whose teaching is this that Mary is sinless?

BFHU: This is taught by the Catholic Church, the Church that Jesus Christ founded.
JF:There’s no verse anywhere else in the Scriptures that says Mary is sinless.
Are you aware that you are clinging to a Protestant tradition? There is [...]

Why Did Mary Offer a Sin Offering?

Q. Mary, like every other Jew of her time, was born under law. In other words, under the old covenant, she had to obey the 10 Commandments and all the ceremonial laws given by God through Moses. For example, we see her observing the pregnancy and childbirth laws here:
(Luke 2:22-24) When the time of their [...]

Mary Was Human.

Below is a discussion based on a comment to Martin Luther & the Immaculate Conception

Comment: All honor and praise belong to Jesus and Jesus only.
Response: If you mean WORHIP, I agree we are to worship Jesus and not worship Mary. That would be idolotry and is condemned by the Catholic Church. Also, surely you [...]

Mary, Mother of God?

Q. Why do Catholics call Mary The Mother of God?
A. For the simple reason that Mary was the mother of Jesus and since Jesus was God we also say she was the Mother of God. Mary was chosen by God to give her flesh, in the incarnation of the Second Person of the [...]

Abortion or Keep the Baby?

She was pregnant. Her fiance would be hurt, angy, disappointed in her and he would surely cancel the wedding….he KNEW it was not his baby. All her girlfriends told her to get an abortion. That would make everything great. She wouldn’t hurt him so deeply and her parents would never know. It all sounded so [...]

Martin Luther On Mary’s Immaculate Conception

Q. What is the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception?
A. It is the Dogma of the Catholic Church that Mary was conceived without sin and remained sinless throughout her whole life.

The Catholic Church has always believed that Mary, just like Adam and Eve, was conceived without a fallen nature and unlike our first parents, she resisted [...]