An oversimplified answer

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An oversimplified answer

Submitted by Ford Prefect on January 06 2001 11:49:31
In reply to Mary's place in Christianity & more submitted by Sheesh! on January 06 2001 10:51:25

The simple answer is that since we believe Jesus is, in fact, God, then Mary can be referred to not only as the mother of Jesus, but as the mother of God. There is still a lot of controversy within the Roman church and between the Roman church and other parts of the Catholic church about what titles to give to Mary. "Mother of God" seems to be on all Catholics agree on.

Mary is seen by Catholics (of I believe all kinds) as being a kind of representative of mankind in saying "Yes" to God's will.

Statues (which are becoming less common in newer church buildings) go back to the days before the printing press and wide-spread availabilty of books. Each statue was designed to call to mind certain stories from scripture or from the lives of saints. The tradition continued down through the years and the statues still serve the same purpose today.

---Ford

Follow ups:

A Protestant addendum - 300 January 06 2001 12:18:57 (4)
- It gets worse - Bonzo January 06 2001 12:54:03 (2)
  - Depends... - 300 January 06 2001 13:07:11 (0)
  - I'm not sure what you mean by 'seriously' - Ford Prefect January 06 2001 13:03:21 (0)
- Mediator, Mediatrix, etc. - Ford Prefect January 06 2001 12:47:33 (0)
Aye, like the Stations of the Cross (nt) - Altima January 06 2001 12:10:16 (0)

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