Well, the idea of Mary being "intermediary between Jesus and the world" sounds to protestants too much like usurping the role of Christ himself - because Jesus, being both God and Man, is the true intermediary between Man and God. Not to mention, Our Lord is omniscient and omnipotent, and perfectly capable of ministering to all believers…
Well, the idea of Mary being "intermediary between Jesus and the world" sounds to protestants too much like usurping the role of Christ himself - because Jesus, being both God and Man, is the true intermediary between Man and God. Not to mention, Our Lord is omniscient and omnipotent, and perfectly capable of ministering to all believers at once through His spirit -- whereas Mary, no matter how upright and holy a woman, is neither of those things.
Hopefully you can understand why those who don't hold with Rome have an objection to some of these ideas - and I hope I also demonstrated that it doesn't need to be phrased in aggressive terms, especially when dealing with people who come across as sincere and genuine in following the Lord.
I do not believe my response was “phrased in aggressive terms”. I think the woman I responded to was “aggressive”. However, if I offended you with my beliefs I apologize. My goal was to evangelize as Jesus exhorts us to do.
Apologies, I didn't mean you were aggressive, I meant the person you were replying to (who seems to agree with me but wasn't very nice about how they said it).
Well, the idea of Mary being "intermediary between Jesus and the world" sounds to protestants too much like usurping the role of Christ himself - because Jesus, being both God and Man, is the true intermediary between Man and God. Not to mention, Our Lord is omniscient and omnipotent, and perfectly capable of ministering to all believers at once through His spirit -- whereas Mary, no matter how upright and holy a woman, is neither of those things.
Hopefully you can understand why those who don't hold with Rome have an objection to some of these ideas - and I hope I also demonstrated that it doesn't need to be phrased in aggressive terms, especially when dealing with people who come across as sincere and genuine in following the Lord.
I do not believe my response was “phrased in aggressive terms”. I think the woman I responded to was “aggressive”. However, if I offended you with my beliefs I apologize. My goal was to evangelize as Jesus exhorts us to do.
Apologies, I didn't mean you were aggressive, I meant the person you were replying to (who seems to agree with me but wasn't very nice about how they said it).