Mary, Mother of God
by Carl E. Braaten, Robert W. Jenson
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Author: Carl E. Braaten, Robert W. JensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-15
ISBN: 0802822665
Number of pages: 131
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Summary: 4 Stars
This is fascinating collection of papers given at a conference in 2002 to examine just how the church has and should honor Mary as blessed by all generations.
The reading of this collection of theologians of various confessional strains (Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Orthodox) is most worthwhile in primarily exposing one to where the theological thinking is coming from in certain circles of Christianity regarding Mary.
It has an overall theme of trying to show that most of Protestantism has moved away from blessing Mary properly and Biblically. It seeks to do this on two areas: one that she is model and example for faith believers responding to Word; and secondly, that she is an agent is lives of believers, through prayer to and from her.
While most of us can concur with the sad assessment that many do not fulfill the Biblical blessing of all generations, what most will not and should not concur with is the false move to Mary being an agent in redemptive work and thus should receive our intercessory prayers, etc. While most of the contributors state that there is Biblical support for this, this reviewer finds it unconvincing. Too much conjecture. This seems to be tied to Vulgate's rendering in Lk. 1:28 "full of grace." This as one commentator states: "may be rightly understood in the sense of 'unmerited grace received from God," but the passive Greek participle and the context are abused if interpreted as "grace now available to other." Mary is a vessel to receive, not a fountain to dispense. Equally wrong would be a grace merited. The idea of merit is incompatible with the character of divine grace (cf. Rom. 4:4, 14) and the human depravity. If worthiness is asserted, grace vanishes, and the Gospel is replaced with Law."
Truly opens one's theological ears and eyes to the issues. Certainly worth read for those interested in this engaging and most relevant topic.
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