DEBUNKING JCSANCHEZ ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Part 2 Is the Mary of the Bible just another believer of Christ? By Aquino Bayani
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Lk 1:28, DRV)
The Mary of the Bible is not to be worshiped, venerated, glorified, hailed, bowed upon, prayed to, or regarded as anyone other than a fellow saint (believer of Christ).]
Like the cunning serpent who deceived Eve, the mother of all the living (cf Gen 3:20), JCSanchez interspersed the don’ts among the do’s in treating Mary, the Mother of the Word (Christ).
Mary should not be taken as what JCSanchez would have us deceived. His claim is contrary to the will of God, as declared by Mary:
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. (Lk 1:46-49, KJV)
JCSanchez, do you understand the clear statement of Mary?
LET US EDUCATE JCSANCHEZ A LITTLE:
• Mary said, “My soul doth magnify the Lord.”
Inspired by the WORD (CHRIST) Who was gestating in her immaculate womb (cf Jn 1:1, 14), Mary proclaimed that her soul, which was chosen by God among all human beings, doth magnify the Lord (Jesus).
Do you know what that means? It means we will come know the Lord (Jesus) intimately through Mary. Knowing the greatness of Jesus through Mary’s soul translates to ETERNAL LIFE in accordance to what the Lord Himself decreed in this wise:
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (Jn 17:3, KJV)
And what should we know about Jesus? That He is the true God and eternal life:
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. (1 Jn 5:20, KJV)
No one has ever seen God. But the one and only Son is himself God and is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us. (Jn 1:18, NLT)
While we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. (Ti 2:13, NLT)
This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to you who share the same precious faith we have. This faith was given to you because of the justice and fairness of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior. (2 P 1:1, NLT)
No other word can irrefutably prove Jesus Christ is the true God and eternal life than THEOTOKOS (Mother of God which is Mary).
• Mary said, “My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.”
Enlightened by the WORD (CHRIST) Who was gestating in her immaculate womb (cf Jn 1:1, 14), Mary came to know that she was already saved, that her spirit hath already rejoiced in God her Saviour.
• Mary said, “For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.”
God, who is the God of the lowly (cf Jdth 9:11), chose Mary to be the Mother of the Word (Christ) for her lowliness.
In the first instance, Mary professed her lowliness:
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (Lk 1:38, KJV)
It was her Fiat (be it unto me according to thy word) that greatly endeared Mary to the eternal Triune God infinitely for it fulfilled His Salvific Plan that was conceived from eternity (cf 1 P 1:19-20; Gen 3:15).
The Lord Jesus Christ, whose preexistence created the heavens and the earth with His own hands(cf Heb 1:8-10), inherited the lowliness of Mary for our sake, as affirmed by Jesus Himself:
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Mt 11:28-30, KJV)
Thus, we should be forever grateful to God and to Mary for giving us their only begotten Son – our meek and humble Savior and God with us (cf Rev 21:3).
• Mary said, “For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
All generations that shall call Mary blessed includes the first progenitor Adam up to the omega man that shall be born on earth.
Only the Catholics faithfully calls Mary blessed without letup, while the Protestants treat her as unblessed.
Some uncouth Protestants even have the audacity to declare they are more blessed than Mary (Seehere).
• Mary said, “For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.”
What are the great things the Mighty hath done to Mary? The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in Jesus’ name, taught all things, and brought all things to the Holy Catholic Church which is the pillar and foundation of truth (cf Jn 14:26, 1 Tm 3:15, KJV).
Thus, among other things, the following are the great things the Mighty hath done to Mary which the Catholic Church had solemnly and infallibly defined as the four (4) Marian dogmas:
1. The DIVINE MATERNITY OF MARY – or Mary as Mother of God (Theotokos) declared in the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD.
2. PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY (Mary Ever Virgin) pronounced in the Lateran Council in 649 AD.
3. The IMMACULATE CONCEPTION of the Blessed Virgin Mary defined by Pope Pius IX in Ineffabilis Deus on December 8, 1854.
4. The glorious ASSUMPTION INTO HEAVEN of the Blessed Virgin Mary proclaimed by Pope Pius XII inMunificentissimus Deus on November 1, 1950.
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Now that we have educated JCSanchez a little bit on the unlimited graces of God which He bestowed on the Blessed Virgin Mary, let us now proceed in debunking his damnable heresies.
[JCSanchez said:
The Mary of the Bible is not to be worshiped, venerated, glorified, hailed, bowed upon, prayed to, or regarded as anyone other than a fellow saint (believer of Christ).]
• WORSHIP MARY?
We Catholics don’t honor Mary like the way we worship and venerate God, as it was written:
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Mt 4:12, KJV)
People who are depraved by their own fault malevolently insist that we Catholics worship Mary like God, or like a goddess. Being not Catholics, they simply cannot fathom the deep respect and untiring devotion we have for Mary, the Mother of the Word made flesh (cf Jn 1:1, 14; 1 Jn 5:7, KJV).
Here’s to help non-Catholics understand the Catholic way of worshiping, venerating and honoring God and the Saints including Mary:
Excerpt from NewAdvent.org (see here):
DULIA
(Greek doulia; Latin servitus), a theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Augustine (City of God X.2) distinguishes two kinds of servitus: “one which is due to men . . . which in Greek is called dulia; the other, latria, which is the service pertaining to the worship of God”. St. Thomas (II-II:103:3) bases the distinction on the difference between God’s supreme dominion and that which one man may exercise over another. Catholic theologians insist that the difference is one of kind and not merely of degree; dulia and latria being as far apart as are the creature and the Creator. Leibniz, though a Protestant, recognizes the “discrimen infinitum atque immensum between the honour which is due to God and that which is shown to the saints, the one being called by theologians, after Augustine’s example, latria, the other dulia”; and he further declares that this difference should “not only be inculcated in the minds of hearers and learners, but should also be manifested as far as possible by outward signs” (Syst. theol., p. 184). A further distinction is made between dulia in the absolute sense, the honour paid to persons, and dulia in the relative sense, the honour paid to inanimate objects, such as images and relics. With regard to the saints, dulia includes veneration and invocation; the former being the honour paid directly to them, the latter having primarily in view the petitioner’s advantage.
Excerpt from CatholicCulture.org (see here):
HYPERDULIA
The special veneration due to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is substantially less than the cultus latria (adoration), which is due to God alone. But it is higher than the cultus dulia (veneration), due to angels and other saints. As the Church understands the veneration of Mary, it is to be closely associated but subordinated to that of her Son. “The various forms of piety towards the Mother of God, which the Church has approved within the limits of sound and orthodox doctrine according to the dispositions and understanding of the faithful, ensure that while the mother is honored, the Son through whom all things have their being and in whom it has pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell, is rightly loved and glorified and His commandments are observed” (Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, VII, 66). (Etym. Latin hyperdulia, virtue of deep submission.)
• VENERATE AND GLORIFY MARY?
1. God first glorified and hailed Mary through His angel Gabriel in this wise:
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Lk 1:26-28, DRV)
2. Though His time for miracles was not yet nigh, Jesus glorified Mary when He wrought His very first public miracle in response to His mother’s intercession which in effect jump-started the manifestation of His glory and bolstered the faith of His fledgling disciples on Him:
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. (Jn 2:1-11, KJV)
3. Though he was in the form of God, and in Him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and He is the true God and eternal life (cf Phil 2:6; Col 2:9; 1 Jn 5:20), Jesus Christ honored and obeyed His putative human father, Joseph and His biological human mother, Mary, according to these Biblical testimonies:
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. (Lk 2:48-52, KJV)
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. (Mt 15:3-4, KJV)
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Mt 5:17, KJV)
THUS SAID, who are we, mere human beings which are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ (cf Eph 1:7; Heb 9:12), not to follow in Jesus’ footsteps in glorifying, hailing, honoring and obeying His Mother Mary, whom He bequeathed to us as our Mother also (cf Jn 19:27), as it was written:
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. (1 Pt 2:21-22, KJV)
• HAIL MARY?
We, who are more than a billion Catholics in this present age alone, incessantly hail Mary more than quintillion times, 24/7, around the globe through our praying or recitation of the Holy Rosary alone. And in so doing, we are saving countless souls from the clutches of Satan.
What does HAIL means?
Hail, verb: transitive senses:
1 a: SALUTE, GREET b: to greet with enthusiastic approval: ACCLAIM.
Hail, noun:
1: an exclamation of greeting or acclamation.
We Catholics hail Mary because we are imitating what is good and not evil, as it was written:
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does what is good is of God; whoever does what is evil has never seen God. (3 Jn 1:11)
IS IT GOOD TO HAIL MARY?
Yes, it is absolutely good to hail Mary because God Himself hailed Mary first through His angel Gabriel:
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Lk 1:26-28, DRV)
Even Paul hailed (greeted) Mary when he wrote The Letters to the Romans from Greece, likely Corinth, between A.D. 56 and 58 (cf Act 20:2-3):
Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. (Rom 16:6, KJV)
• BOW UPON MARY?
Yes, we Catholics admittedly bow to Mary, the Mother of the Word (God with us). There is nothing wrong with bowing to anyone as it is the universal sign of respect. Find it out yourself.
What does BOW means?
Bow, verb: intransitive senses:
1: to suffer defeat (bowed to the champion).
2: to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame.
3: to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause.
Bow, verb: transitive senses
1: to cause to incline
2: to incline (as the head) especially in respect or submission
Bow, noun: a bending of the head or body in respect, submission, assent, or salutation; also: a show of respect or submission
In the Bible, who bowed to Mary?
For sure, the angel Gabriel who was sent directly by God bowed to Mary when he presented to her the hailing of God Who was in Heaven (cf Lk 1:19, 26-28).
It would be highly improbable that the couth magi searching for the child Jesus did not bow to Mary in salutation when they meet her and her Child Jesus:
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. (Mt 2:11, KJV)
• PRAYED TO MARY?
Yes, definitely. We Catholics pray to Mary, the Mother of the True God and the Lord God Almighty (cf1 Jn 5:20; Rev 1:8). As in bowing, there is nothing wrong with praying to anyone as it is the universal way of entreating or imploring others. Find it out yourself.
What does PRAY means?
Pray, verb: transitive senses:
1: ENTREAT, IMPLORE — often used as a function word in introducing a question, request, or plea (pray be careful).
2: to get or bring by praying
intransitive senses:
1: to make a request in a humble manner
2: to address God or a god with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving
WHY DO CATHOLICS KNEEL WHEN THEY PRAY TO MARY WITH OR WITHOUT HER REPRESENTATIONS?
We Catholics begin and end our prayers with the sign of the Cross while invoking the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, which is: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, in accordance with the pattern of the Trinitarian Baptismal Formula:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Mt 28:19, KJV)
In invoking the Name of the Most Holy Trinity at the start and end of all our prayers, we are mentioning the name of the Son who is Jesus, to Whom all our prayers are centered, that is why we Catholics kneel, as it was written:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2:8-11, KJV)
Therefore, we Catholics pray kneeling not in Mary’s name, but rather, in Jesus’ name, in this wise:
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• JCSANCHEZ: THE MARY OF THE BIBLE IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS ANYONE OTHER THAN A FELLOW SAINT (BELIEVER OF CHRIST)
As proven in the foregoing discussions, THE MARY OF THE BIBLE WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY GOD:
And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: HAIL, FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH THEE: BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN. (Lk 1:26-28, DRV, emphasis added)
Note that the person of Mary, being FULL OF GRACE, does not have room for DISGRACE. That is why, God has regarded Mary above all human beings and chose her as the Mother of His New Covenant which is Jesus (cf Jer 31:31; Lk 22:20).
When her time on earth was fulfilled, MARY, THE ARK OF GOD’S COVENANT was assumed into Heaven, as testified by John in this wise:
Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. (Rev 11:19-12:1, NAB)
Moreover, among all the women in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Mary alone was called BLESSED by the Most Holy Trinity several times:
1. God the Father through the angel Gabriel called Mary BLESSED AMONG WOMEN:
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Lk 1:28, DRV)
2. God the Holy Spirit through Elisabeth called Mary BLESSED AMONG WOMEN twice:
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. (Lk 1:41-45, KJV)
3. The Most Holy Trinity in God the Son (Is 9:6), in His zygotic phase cleaved in the FULL OF GRACE WOMB OF MARY, called Mary BLESSED:
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. (Lk 1:46-48, KJV)
Therefore, JCSanchez’ DAMNABLE HERESIES:
“The Mary of the Bible is not to be worshiped, venerated, glorified, hailed, bowed upon, prayed to, or regarded as anyone other than a fellow saint (believer of Christ).”
FALLS FLAT IN HIS FACE!
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DEBUNKING JC SANCHEZ ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Part 1 (see here)
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