Mary's Consent

Mary's Consent -???

Pages 15-17

Titles that have been given to Mary over the centuries are indicative of power and authority. Such titles as: Mary, the queen of heaven; the queen of saints and angels; the ark of the covenant; advocate; helper; intercessor; the new Eve; Mediatrix; co-Redemptrix; mother of the church; etc. The Catechism makes it perfectly clear that these titles of power and authority are the direct result of the erroneous teaching that Mary gave her consent to be the mother of Christ.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, p. 252
967 In a wholly singular way she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity in the Savior’s work of restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason she is a mother to us in the order of grace. This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation. 

Immediately after Gabriel announced to Mary that she was chosen by God to be the mother of the Christ child, and that Elisabeth had conceived a son in her old age, and that “with God nothing shall be impossible,” Mary responded, saying, “Be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38).

The Roman Catholic Church’s teaching that Mary gave her consent to be the mother of the Christ child is based entirely upon this single verse of scripture. Mary was not giving her consent in Luke 1:38. She was affirming her belief in all of what Gabriel had just told her. The erroneous doctrine of Mary’s submission, her bowing her will and cooperating with God by consenting to be the mother of the Christ child, is the foundation from which all erroneous Marian doctrines have developed through the centuries, via the living tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.

On page sixteen of the book “The Thunder of Justice”, the Catholic author wrote:

“Although Marian theology has developed over the centuries, the underlying concepts are seen in many writings of the church Fathers that date from the second century, according to the famous Nineteenth Century theologian, John Cardinal Newman.”

On page forty-two, John Cardinal Newman is quoted again as saying: “Though I hold, as you know, a process of development in apostolic truth as time goes on; such development does not supersede the Fathers, but explains and completes them… And, in particular, as regards our teaching concerning the Blessed Virgin, with the Fathers I am content… The Fathers are enough for me … I fully grant that devotion toward the Blessed Virgin has increased among Catholics with the progress of the centuries…”

This so-called ongoing process of development in Apostolic truth is precisely what the Apostle Paul warned the earliest church fathers against, in 63 AD. He told them that even of themselves men would arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

The Apostle Paul’s WARNING to the earliest church fathers of the first century:

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn everyone night and day with tears.

Contrary to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (p. 127, #506) it was not Mary’s faith, but God’s predetermined will that enabled Mary to become the mother of the Savior.. Zacharia’s doubting Gabriel, when he was told that he would have a son, did not prevent his becoming the father of John the Baptist. Zacharias temporarily lost his ability to speak because of his unbelief, but nevertheless, God’s predetermined will was accomplished. [Luke 1:13, 18-20]

In the Knights of Columbus booklet The Rosary (volume eighty-four), it is stated that “Mary bows her will in loving submission to all that God may ‘ask’ of her. She offers herself with Jesus for the world’s salvation.” The salvation of the world did not come through Mary’s alleged obedience to God but “by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23; 4:27-28).

Mary, at the annunciation, did not “bow her will in loving submission;” she did not cooperate with what God had asked of her. God’s message to Mary was not a request but a proclamation of glad tidings. She did not “assent” to a request but affirmed her belief in those things which Gabriel had told her.

It was God who worked in Mary “both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13; Hebrews 13:21); “according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will”(Ephesians 1:5,11; Isaiah 46:9-13). Man was created with a free will, but only insofar as it does not interfere with God’s predetermined purpose, as is evident in the following scriptures.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14, emphasis added

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Isaiah 46:9-11

Him [Jesus], being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain…

Acts 2:23

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Acts 4:27-28

For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Revelation 17:17

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Romans 9:19-21

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The Apostle Paul said, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction … ” (2 Timothy 3:16). The magisterium, the teaching office of the Roman Catholic Church, obviously does not follow Paul’s criteria. … In the following pages, notice the many statements about Mary in acclaimed Catholic writings, including the Catechism, that contradict the inspired Word of God.

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Catechism of the Catholic Church (P. 26):

82 … the Church, to whom the transmission and interpretation of Revelation is entrusted, does not derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the holy Scriptures alone. Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence.

On page twenty-nine, paragraph ninety-five, of the Catechism, it is stated that “Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others.” In other words, regardless of the fact that Marian doctrines contradict Scripture, they must be accepted as truth because they are backed up by the others; namely, tradition and the magisterium. TRUTH CANNOT CONTRADICT TRUTH! …

Sacred living tradition, for the most part, is based upon the teaching and/or writings of church fathers, and every erroneous Marian doctrine and dogma taught in the Roman Catholic Church stems from living tradition. Those of the church fathers whom the Apostle Paul said would “arise speaking perverse things” started a living tradition of false doctrines. The Bible is totally void of any mention of the many erroneous Marian doctrines and dogmas. …
Acts 20:28-31, emphasis added