Mary Is Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix
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Mary Is Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church, The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics, The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family, The Intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel and the cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the titles of Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix Original version: 6/2006; Current version: 2/2016 Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. TorC, NM 87901-2878 Website: www.JohnTheBaptist.us (Send for a free catalog) 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS BEWARE OF THOSE WHO TAKE TEACHINGS OUT OF CONTEXT ................................................................. 7 FAITH WITHOUT WORKS ................................................................................................................................... 7 ALL MEN HAVE SINNED .................................................................................................................................... 7 DO NOT TRUST ANY MAN - INVESTIGATE WHAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES ........................................................ 9 THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS MEDIATRIX ............................................................................................... 9 THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS CO-REDEMPTRIX .................................................................................... 11 5 6 Beware of Those Who Take Teachings Out of Context Beware of heretics who, like Protestants, take Bible verses out of context to defend their heresies. Also beware of so-called Catholics who take out of context not only Bible verses but also papal teachings to defend their heresies and other errors. Just because a Bible verse seems to teach one thing does not mean there are no exceptions or that it means what the reader thinks it means. One proof of this is the many different interpretations of a Bible verse by the many different Protestant sects. They all think they have it right, but they all differ in their interpretations. Faith without works The heretic Martin Luther took out of context the following Bible verse to defend his heresy that men can be saved by faith without good works: “For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” (Romans 10:9) If this verse is quoted alone without reference to other Bible verses, one can be led to believe that men can be saved by faith alone and hence without good works. However, to believe this heresy, one must ignore many other Bible verses, apostolic tradition, and infallible papal decrees that refute this heresy by teaching that men need faith and good works to be saved. Contradicting the heretical interpretation of Romans 10:9, Mark 16:16 teaches that men must not only believe in Jesus Christ but also be baptized to be saved: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” Getting baptized is itself a good work. And many other Bible verses teach that men must not only believe in Jesus and get baptized but also do other good works to be saved: “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Mt. 19:17) “Faith without works is dead.” (James 2:26) “With fear and trembling work out your salvation.” (Phil. 2:12) “Behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his works.” (Apoc. 22:12) “Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt. 7:21) Hence beware of heretics who quote individual Bible verses out of context to defend their heresies. All men have sinned Romans 5:12 teaches that “Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death: and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.” Because this verse does not mention Jesus and Mary as exceptions, one can use this verse alone to try to prove that Jesus and Mary had sin. The word “all” in this case is not to be taken literally because the Bible teaches elsewhere that Jesus had no sin: “For we have not a high priest [Jesus] who cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.” (Heb. 4:15) “Christ… did no sin.” (1 Pt. 2:21-22) “Christ … knew no sin.” (2 Cor. 5:21) The word “all” is also used in the Bible to not mean literally all. For example, the Book of Wisdom teaches that all men were born from the mother’s womb: 7 “In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring. And being born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do. I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and with great cares. For none of the kings had any other beginning of birth. For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.” (Wis. 7:2-6) Yet the word “all” is not literal because Adam and Eve were not born from a mother’s womb. The Book of Genesis says that all flesh upon earth was corrupted: “And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)” (Gen. 6:12) “Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.” (Gen. 6:17) Yet the word “all” is not literal because Noe and his seven family were just and hence God saved them during Great Flood. He did not destroy them: “These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.” (Gen. 6:9) The Book of Deuteronomy says that all of the generation of men who left Egypt died in the desert and thus did not enter the Promised Land: “And the time that we journeyed from Cadesbarne till we passed over the torrent Zared, was thirty-eight years: until all the generation of the men that were fit for war was consumed out of the camp, as the Lord had sworn:” (Deut. 2:14) Yet the word “all” is not literal because Josue and Caleb, who left Egypt with Moses, entered the Promised Land, the only two of all that left Egypt. “In the wilderness shall your carcasses lie. All you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, and have murmured against me, shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.” (Num. 14:29-30) Likewise, even though several Bible verses say “all have sinned” the word “all’ is not literal because there are two exceptions, Jesus and Mary. Many times the prophets say that none is good and all are evil, such as King David said: “The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, no not one.” (Ps. 13:2-3) Yet the word “all” is not literal. It means almost all because King David, Nathan the Prophet, and others were good and holy. Therefore the verse “all have sinned” in Romans 5:12 does not literally mean all men sinned, as proved by these other Bible verses in which the word “all” means almost all and thus not literally all. The exceptions, then, to all have sinned are Jesus and Mary, both of whom had not sin. While Jesus’ sinlessness is mentioned in the Bible, Mary’s sinlessness is mentioned by the oral traditions of the Church Fathers and popes of the Catholic Church. Beware, then, of the heretics who use Romans 5:12 without reference to other Bible verses and the oral tradition of the Catholic Church to defend their heresy that Mary had sin or even worse that Jesus had sin. Beware also of so-called Catholics who take papal teachings or apostate antipopes’ teachings out of context to defend their heresies and other errors. For instance, one can 8 quote apostate Antipope Clement XIII’s following teaching out of context to try to prove that he is teaching that Mary had sin: Apostate Antipope Clement XIII, A Quo Die, 1758: “8. …Let us not think that our true, solid, and serious glory comes from the lips of men. We have all sinned, and we all need the glory of God (Rom. 3:23).” If Clement literally meant that all men have sinned, then Jesus would be included because Jesus was not only God but also man. Hence, he is not teaching that literally all men have sinned and thus leaves the exceptions of Jesus and Mary. These dogmas are so well taught elsewhere that he did not see any need of mentioning it here. Hence papal teachings, like Bible verses, can also be taken out of context by bad-willed men to defend their heresies and other errors. Do not trust any man - Investigate what the Catholic Church teaches Obstinate heretics always lie and deceive by deliberately taking things out of context while hiding evidence that proves them wrong.