She needed God, her Savior's grace. Only God could provide this grace.
The etymology of the word 'perfect' is whole, complete. Abba, as God, is whole and complete in the being as God. Mary, as human, was whole, complete in her existence as human.
Absolutely not. God filled many people and prepared them for important tasks without them in any way achieving sinless perfection. IOW, God can and does fill people with His goodness, grace and Spirit after they have sinned.
As I've asked many times, why did she need or want a savior if she already knew she was perfect and sinless? You only need a savior if you need to be saved, and a sinless human being does not need to be saved.
No. This is not what is happening. You are the one throwing around baseless accusations, saying I am giving Mary worship and divine status. Catholics believe Mary is human, she is not divine. So stop with that deceit. The only parts Mary played in salvation was her obedience to God and that she was the mother of Jesus, carrying him in her womb. Think about it. I have a daughter in the military. Does this elevate me to General, and do people salute me as General, since I gave birth to her?
Why would she sin if she were filled with the grace of God?
Other than advocate (which includes all saints) none of this is Catholic teaching. So, what's your point?
She had a savior. Why doesn't this sink in with you?
Maybe because she knew God created her and gave her such graces, without which she would as lost as the rest of humanity.
Anytime you attempt to give an opinion, that is an interpretation as well. You are insinuating something and that is also an opinion which is an interpretation. And yes, it was your church's private interpretation which is fine with me however wrong it is. You have that right as we do with an actual Prophet of God doing it. Popes are not prophets and have stated this many times. And, the Bible supports it as it is properly understood. The reason why one of our apostles, James E. Talmage, said "god" refers to judges is that when Adam and Eve transgressed, they became like one of "US" gods knowing good and evil. By knowing good and evil and the difference, we become judges as we are to choose one or the other. We judge all the time as we make choices. We also judge others with their choices. When the Lord gave the commandments not to judge one another, he meant not to judge unrighteously one another. We are gods learning to become Gods. Sorry if that bothers you. I have no idea why it does.
You thinking you are learning to become gods doesn't bother me at all. It's hard to be bothered when one is chuckling. Yet, even as I laugh, I do pity those who have wound themselves up in this springe.
The Bible is not shy about noting the sins of those being written about, especially its major characters. Can you present the verse that you feel records the sin(s) of Mary?
Well, since the rabbis were not there in the Garden of Eden, it's just their guess on what happened. We have prophets that have conversed with the Lord God of Israel and know for sure. As I've mentioned before, the scholars and rabbis of the Bible start of in the state of apostasy and have polluted the truth of the Plan of Salvation and Exaltation. The Bible is mostly correct if interpreted properly from ancient times to the present. And, unfortunately, when you have only partial truth, you will never get to the goals in eternal life and exaltation.
The above post is an example of LDS humbleness? (Again, I'm grinning.)
Wait...So it was all in the family? Wow!
