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Originally posted by honeychile
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm going to do a search on this once I post!), but didn't either Newsweek or Time do an article last fall on a major push in the Catholic church for Mary to be considered a "co-redemptress"?
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More accurate to say that
some in the Catholic Church have advocated this, but the Vatican doesn't seem at all inclined to go along.
Nevertheless, the reasoning (short form) is this: the Epistles describe Jesus as the "new Adam." That is, just as death came through Adam's disobedience, life and redemption came through Christ's obedience. Likewise, just as Adam's disobedience came with Eve's cooperation (she first listened to the serpent and then offered Adam the fruit, making her partly guilty), Christ's obedience came through Mary's cooperation (making her partly responsible.) That is to say, when Gabriel visited Mary with the news that she was going to have a baby, she could have said "No way!" instead of "Be it done to me according to your word." Without her willing cooperation, none of the rest could have happened.
Hope that makes some sense.
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