Mulling over LEE LOFASO to GEORGE POPE 09 Dec 2004

G'day Lee...

>SA>of salvation through the law. Note: if righteousness came through the
>SA>law, then Christ has died in vain (E.g. Galatians 2: 16-21).

GP>Jesus was certainly a sincere Jew, but he was just as certainly NOT the
GP>Messiah!

 LL> The Jewish concept of Messiah is different from the Christian
 LL> concept of Messiah.

The Jewish concept will change towards the end of the Tribulation,
("Jacob's Trouble") when the remnant of Jews come to realise that 
they have been dudded, and that the Antichrist they have accepted 
as Messiah is an impostor...

>SA>They reject Jesus Christ as the one mediator between God and man, who
>SA>gave himself as a ransom for all (as in 1 Timothy 2: 5 and 6), in favour

GP>So does the largest Christian sect (the RCC) -- they don't believe
GP>in a single mediator, because they believe Mary is "co-mediatrix with
GP>Christ"(per catechism)

 LL> Catholics do not hold a belief in Mary as "co-mediatrix with
 LL> Christ". Nor has the Pope, or any previous pope, made any teaching
 LL> declaring Mary as "co-mediatrix".  There certainly is nothing in
 LL> the Catechism of the Catholic Church stating Mary as
 LL> "co-mediatrix".  And there is no papal encyclical stating Mary as
 LL> "co-mediatrix".

It may not have been officially proclaimed as dogma, but it is a widely
held Catholic belief that Mary is "co-redemptrix", "mediatrix of all
graces", "Mediatrix Potentissima" and other (blasphemous) titles.

(Source: "The Woman Shall Conquer", by Don Sharkey / Prow Books, Franciscan
Marytown Press - Libertyville IL. Nihil Obstat - John A Schulien - Censor
Librorum. Imprimatur - Moyses E Kiley - Archbishop of Milwaukee - 1952)

Cheers, Steve..

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