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Tatman, Robert wrote:
> It is widely expected by Vatican watchers that Pope John Paul II will use
> the occasion of the Jubilee Year 2000 with its attendant gigantic
> pilgrimages to Rome to formally proclaim the doctrine of Mary as
> Co-Redemptrix, the equal of Jesus Christ as agent of human salvation...thus
> effectively expanding the Holy Trinity to a Holy Quaternity or Holy
> Foursome, and presenting the Western World with its first
> officially-sanctioned female deity since the conversion of the last European
> pagans at the end of the Middle Ages.
The Co-Redemptrix thinking doesn't work that way. Mary is a human being
- a creature - and would never be considered Jesus' equal nor would she
ever be considered a deity. What Co-Redemptrix means is actually quite
subtle and a little difficult for me to explain without my books - but
basically it means that God loves Mary more than any other *creature*
and so he gave his son to the world through Mary. So the thinking is
that she is thus the Co-Redeemer. Similar thoughts are that the Trinity
like it when people pray not *to* Mary but *through* Mary to Jesus or
God, because he so loves her that he will not refuse anything she
requests of Him.
So, Mary is and was and always will be considered a *creature* or a
creation of God - the one most loved by God though.
Now, I am sure a theologian could explain it better than this, sorry.
Kelly
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