The Bible
and the 
Catholic Church

Mary & The Bible;
Purgatory

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Copyright 2000, John Martignoni



When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom He loved standing near, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
	- John 19:26-27

Called in the Gospels “the mother of Jesus”, Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as “the mother of my Lord”.  In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.  Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
	- CCC #495



Perpetual Virginity-Brothers & Sisters of Jesus
	Mark 6:3
	John 19:25, Mark 15:47, Matthew 27:55-56
	John 19:26-27
	Acts 1:14-15
	Genesis 14:14, 11:27

Immaculate Conception  -  New Eve
PRO:					CON:
	Luke 1:41-42, 48		   Romans 3:9-12, 22-23
	Genesis 3:14-15			RESPONSE:		
	Luke 1:6,15,28,37		   Psalms 14:1-5; 53:1-5
	Revelation 14:3-5
	Hebrew 11:5 & Genesis 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11


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Assumption
Pro:				     Con:
	Genesis 5:24 & Heb 11:5		1 Corinthians 15:22-23
	2 Kings 2:11
	Matthew 27:52-53
	Revelation 11:7-12

Queen of Heaven
	Revelation 12:1, 5, 9, 13; 19:15-16
	Genesis 3:15



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Ark of the Covenant
	Revelation 11:19-12:1		Luke 1:35
	Exodus 40:34			1 Kings 8:10-11
	2 Sam 6:2 & Luke 1:39		2 Sam 6:12 & Luke 1:47
	2 Sam 6:9 & Luke 1:43		2 Sam 6:15 & Luke 1:42
	2 Sam 6:10 & Luke 1:40		2 Sam 6:16 & Luke 1:41
	2 Sam 6:11 & Luke 1:56

Mother of God
	Psalm 68:4,19-20; Luke 1:41-43; John 20:28

Our Mother
	Revelation 12:17
	John 19:26-27


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Purgatory

	2 Sam 12:13-18		Revelation 21:27
	Matthew 5:48		Hebrews 12:22-23
	1 Corinthians 3:13-15	Matthew 12:32, 18:32-35
	Revelation 20:12-15	James 5:20
	1 Peter 4:8		Colossians 1:24




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