Saturday, May 21, 2005

Place of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Anglican Church

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-1619191,00.html

[Times Online] May 21, 2005--Sir, How far will the Anglican Church dissociate itself from the Reformation in its desire to gain recognition from Rome? Although I admit that the evangelicals do not often give the right place to the Virgin Mary (report, May 17), it is another matter to give her divine attributes that are not warranted by Scripture.

For those who may be interested Martin Luther, while he may have held Mary in high esteem, rejected the practice of venerating Mary and the other saints and of invoking them. The second letter published in The Times is very misleading in this regard.

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