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Why Does the Orthodox Church Emphasize the Role of Mary?

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Why Does the Orthodox Church Emphasize the Role of Mary?

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Let us turn to the New Testament to learn what God says about Mary. A key passage is Luke 1 26-49 “The Archangel Gabriel calls the Virgin May “highly favored” with God and the most “blessed” of all women (Luke 1:28). The Church can never do less.” In Luke 1:42, 43, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, also calls Mary “blessed,” and “the mother of my Lord.” Can we not make the same confession? For centuries the Church with one voice has called Mary the mother of God. If God was not in her womb, we are dead in our sins. By calling her “mother of God” we do not mean, of course, that she is mother of the Holy trinity. She is mother of the eternal Son of God in His humanity. Thus we call her Theotokos or God-bearer. Not only does Elizabeth call her blessed, but Mary herself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, predicts, “All generations will call me blessed” (Luke 1:48). This biblical prophecy explains the Orthodox hymn, “It is truly right to bless you, 0 Theotokos, the Mother of our God.” O

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