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Why would He only refer to her as "Woman"? I've been told this by COUNTLESS anti-Catholics. Either He had "no use" for her or He simply didn't think much of her.

Not only is the "Woman" from the prophecy on Genesis 3:15 Mary - In John's Gospel, Jesus refers to Mary exclusively as "Woman". A lot of anti-Catholics point to this as Jesus disrespecting His mother - which is absolutely ridiculous. Jesus kept the Commandments and HONORED His Father and...

THANK YOU for admitting that cannot answer the question I put to you regarding Mary and the Ark of the Covenant. Don't feel bad, though - I've NEVER run into a Protestant who was able to answer those questions. Some tried and failed - but MOST do what YOU did and simply ran . . .

HOW, exactly? By the way - ALL of your dodges are pure GOLD for everybody who is reading this exchange because they paint a picture of a very desperate man completely unable to support his position.

Your FALSE claims in RED aside - I'm not asking you to debate Mary's sinlessness. I'm asking you to REFUTE the Scriptural comparisons I meticulously laid out for you. You keep claiming that they have NO basis in reality and that they are "poop". Show me WHY they have no basis in reality. Show...

That's about the weakest argument you've made yet.

So, what you are saying is that you CAN'T refute ANY of the Scriptural points I made?

Then it should be EASY for you to prove my use of those verses wrong. Perhaps we can take them verse by verse. I want top make this as EASY for you as possible . . . OT - The Word was written by God on Tablets of Stone (Ex. 25:10) placed inside the Ark (Deut. 10:1) NT - The Word of God became...

Then REFUTE the Scriptural types and fulfillment presented. CAN you do that?

He absolutely is. He doesn't FORCE His love on us. This ic clearly shown by Matt.23:37.

No – implicit teaching from Scripture is not a “Catholic” thing – but a discipline that is used in ALL denominations of Protestantism as well. There is not ONE Protestant denomination that believes everything we believe as Christians is explicitly taught on the pages of Scripture. The BIGGEST...

Yet, in post #1213, I presented SEVERAL Scriptural verses that show Mary as the New Ark. Where is the Scriptural refutation??

Nope – just a proper, BIBLICAL understanding of “Faith”. Without our cooperation – God’s grace is ineffective in our lives. This is why Jesus said the following to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Matt. 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent...

Ummmmmm, simply rejecting a point of view without an alternate point is NOT a valid response. It’s cowardice. The fact is that after these last 75 or so posts – you simply CANNOT intelligently address Mary’s Biblical, God-given title of “Kecharitomene” (Luke 1:28). BOTH you and @David Taylor...

No, "accompanied by" and "evidence of" are NOT what Scripture teaches. Obedience is an essential ELEMENT of faith. Without it, all you have is belief.

Ummmmmmm, this is a debate about Mary’s IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. Because you can never just stick to the point or particulate an argument intelligently – you babble on endlessly about “quickened spirits in Heaven, glorified bodies, saved souls, your Docetist Heresy, etc. We weren’t discussing...

Apparently, you didn't read post #1213. Read it, then respond . . .

No I don’t. In fact – the Catholic Church AGREES with the Lutherans that we are saved by faith alone – as long as you understand WHAT faith actually is. What YOU have describes as “faith” is mere belief. That’s not faith because even the DEMONS have that (James 2:19). Belief is only ONE...

“Full of grace” is NOT what the Greek says. It says, “Kecharitomene”, which means, “having been completely, perfectly and enduringly endowed with grace. It is a perfect participle that indicates a COMPLETED act with a PERMANENT result. How many times do I need to explain this to you guys?

They had to make sure that the first ELECTED Bishop had the same training as Judas. They needed to make sure that he had learned everything the other Eleven had learned so that HE could pass it onto other successive Bishops (Episkopoi, cf. Acts 1:20). Matthias fit the bill.