67 yr. old grandma here. Protestant for 55 yrs. This video has opened my eyes in such a beautiful way. I have a feeling that I am not going to be a Protestant for long. Thank you so very much for this special video. I cannot wait to learn more!
The Voice of Reason, made me become Byzantine Catholic. I was Eastern Orthodox for most of my Christian life after I left the Jehovah's Witness organization. When I first saw his video on the Rosary in like early 2023, I was hooked. And during the middle of the summer, I decided to convert, and now I'm a Melkite Byzantine Catholic as of late September. Thank you Alex.
I'm currently talking with a girl who is JW. What specifically encouraged you to leave the church despite being excommunicated and shunned by everyone in the church? What specifically motivated you to come to Catholicism? Thanks!
@@SuperJosh-rs6kp What lead me away from JW's is really just the fact that I got less serious about it over time. My grandmother tried to hook me on to it again but I was more into this non-denominational form of Christianity. But that phase didn't last long until I looked into Church History and invested most of my time in getting books (which thankfully I've gotten into classic literature due to this). And what kept my away from going back into the kingdom's hall is the denial of the Trinity, the denial of Hell, and the majority of weird doctrines such as a literal reading of Revelation 7&14 concerning the 144k. Not to mention the belief that Michael is Jesus, denial of blood transfusions, and many of the failed prophesies. Our Lady is the most amazing thing God has given us, I'm fully convinced it was apart of his mission, as John 19:26-28 shows that our Lady was given to St. John, and Jesus said all was finished. Our Lady's last words in Scripture is found in John 2:5 saying "do whatever he tells you" in context of Jesus, and the last words of Jesus concerning Mary is John 19:27, being "behold your Mother!" Mostly I have faith that the Miraculous Medal and the Rosary is what was used by God to convert me back to the Church. I visited this one church that was very famous in my culture (Cuban), based on the apparition the "Caridad del Cobre" with my Catholic side of the family, which is the side I was mostly raised by, I bought some sacramentals there, including a chaplet with the miraculous medal. I have 100% conviction that the little piece of metal, the Miraculous Medal, was a piece of matter that God used as a communication of grace to me.
@@certaincyril Thank you so much for the reply! Is there any topic that you would recommend I focus on in trying to convert her? It's really difficult in trying to understand what is *really* going on in the organization so thats why I love coming to people who have experienced it first hand.
Thank you for the great video on our Blessed Mother! It was her intercession in my life that brought me to know our Lord last year. Praise be to God, and thanks for the constant great videos! God bless brother!
This is one of the best teachings I’ve watched defending the Marian Dogmas. It all started for me on this Catholic journey when my eyes were opened to “behold your mother, Woman behold your Son”That verse was never in my Bible until one day it sneaked in and caught my attention. Since then it’s been an amazing journey and growing deeper in my love for Jesus by falling deeper in love with his Mother. “Rather blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it” Mary helps us hear the word of God and keep it! God bless your ministry bro!
So true, it was these dogmas that brought me to my first Mass, when I was walking up to the Church I saw a statue of our Blessed Mother and I just knew I was home in that moment.
Alex was a Huge part of my journey into the faith. I'm now a devout catholic who attends traditional mass & prays the rosery ! I remember seeking for more knowledge & wisdom , I believe God is using you ! ♡
I'm a big fan of your way of teaching. I'm so impressed that I can easily rewatch the same hour-long videos multiple times. Keep up the great work Alex. God Bless You!
I’ve been watching “Catholic RUclips” for about a year now (just got confirmed in March) and never saw your channel until now. You are an amazing teacher. I knew all of these things from listening to other people on the Marian dogmas, but the way you teach is awesome, and it’s always nice to have a refresher on these important topics.
These videos are SOOOO helpful. Please continue making educational videos so we can all learn more. Ever since your videos came across my TikTok I have been wanting to get closer to my faith. Thanks Alex!! 🙏🏽
"what's the best way to honor your mother? Create her without sin." As someone who is unsure whether to be Protestant, Catholic or even Orthodox, that's a very thought provoking line. I am all this emoji rn 🤔 haha
Appreciate your teaching in this format with the youth. Poor Catechesis has been the plague in the Catholic church for decades now. These young minds are blessed. Thank you and keep it up. Humbly and diligently. God bless.
Currently in mystagogia and this is by far the best and most thorough video I have seen on the Marian Dogmas. This has made it very clear to me. Thank you!
Hi @Whispn, I'm sorry to say that Voice of Reason is blind, and carrying people that is also blind. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 ~ 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. Let me help you. I really care, I hope everyone can read this, but I'll comment only on few people so I will not be reported. Never did Jesus called Mary "MOTHER" but "WOMAN". Where in the bible did Jesus called Mary "Mother"? LUKE 8:19-21 ~ Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. 20 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21 He replied, “MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS ARE THOSE WHO HEAR GOD’S WORD AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.” Before Jesus turned the Jar into wine because Mary is leading Him to do miracle, Jesus said John 2:4 ~And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." But remember, Jesus didn't disrespected Mary here, but Jesus followed, showing that even the time is not right, He can do miracles, for He is God and Human at the same time. Can God call His Creation "MOTHER"? John 19:26 ~When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Now, how come MARY is the COREDEEMER of Christ? Did Mary got CRICIFIED? Did SHE DIED FOR OUR SINS? JOHN 14:6 ~ 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. In other word, GOD IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD.
Hey Brother! Catholic here, was scrolling to comments and seeing yours, you seem really caring for the truth and not spreading hate, so let me reply to your points, just have a discussion between brothers in Christ. First off no Catholic believe that Mary is Our Saviour, what we say is that Mary has a great role in our redemption thanks to her "yes" to the angel Gabriel, and that is just fact, may I ask you what you believe would have happen if Mary says "no" to the angel in that occasion? Just curious, but beeing said that nobody remove nothing to the glory of Our Saviour. Now you actually made a great point when pointing out the Jesus call Mary "Woman", have you ever ask yourself why? Was Jesus disrespecting her in the wedding on Cana and on the cross? Nope! What you see actually is part of a beautiful redemption plan created by God! In fact the very 2 chapters of the Gospel of John are echoing the 7 days creation described in Genesis! Take a look at it please, you see in the Gospel of John on very first chapter "In the beginning" exactly like in Genesis, then following by "on the next day" and again "on the next day", and again, dipinting the 4 days of creation. Then you got to Chapter 2 and what you see? "On the third day that was a wedding" there we go, 4 days described in the first chapter and now on the 3 day a wedding, 4 + 3 seven days of creation! And like you have said Jesus (the new Adam as we know) call Mary "Woman", John is actually describing Mary as the new and greater Eve and just like the original one Mary was conceived sinless, and Our Blessed Mother never fall! This wasn't really debated for the early christians, please have a read on this: answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/19/early-church-on-mary-as-the-new-and-greater-eve/ Then we believe that Mary is the new Ark, have you ever hear a Catholic says that? Strange to hear it for a lot of our protestant brother but we do have the bible and read it too! 😁 Here is why, full of bible verses that you can check: www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/mary-the-ark-of-the-new-covenant We also believe that Mary is the queen of Heaven, and not the egyptian pagan "god" described in the OT full of sin, but the queen mother of the Davidic Kingdom! Jesus is king and He is in David genealogy like we know on Mattew 1, so therefore Mary is the queen mother! Please have a look here: www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/is-marys-queenship-biblical It is important and I really care to tell to all of my brothers in Christ that everything that the Catholic Churvh believe as far as Mary is following up by everything all Christian believe as far as Jesus. I'm not here to debate brother, you seem to care about truth so I take my time to try to make this case clear, please let me know what you think about this and God bless you
@Axlandros thanks for the comment. As of now, I have other things and plan to do, but I'll get back at checking those links and then comment back to you. I'll screenshot this, so in case I forget, I can remember ♥️.
Alex, may the Lord bless you and keep you. Thank you for being an advocate of the truth, thank you for all that God has done through you. I pray I may be as learned as you so that I too can inform the masses of the fullness of truth as you are doing. Thank you, you great witness of the One True, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Faith
What do you think of posting 4 individual parts of this video highlighting one dogma at a time(for those who may not want to watch the whole thing right away) and inviting them at the end of those videos to watch the full length? Just a thought. This presentation was excellent!
"For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and from now on all generations will call me blessed." Luke 1:48 "And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" Luke 1:43
Thank You Bro Alex for the work you are doing. I greatly appreciate your teachings especially regarding these 4 Marian Dogmas. This session make me know much deeper into these Marian dogmas , and love our Catholic Church more n more. May Our Lord And His/ Our Blessed Mother Bless and Protect You Always 🙏🏻
Hey Voice of Reason, could you make a video talking about Ethiopian Orthodoxy and the Orientals? They have many claims to supposedly having relics (the true Cross, the holy prepuce, and the Ark of the Covenant) and would like to hear your thoughts, along with their miaphysitism.
Thank you Alex for all your amazing videos. I pray I become as knowledgeable as you to help others come into the faith ❤ I’d like to become a Catechist and teach Children one day 🙏🏼
Thanks Alex for your awesome hospitality you are bringing lots of lost souls back to the one true church founded by God himself through his apostle’s Peter right all the way through to Pope Francis love you bro 🇼🇸☦️🫂
So many questions. I feel like the more I try to find answers, the more questions I have. With all of the noise and interpretations, how can we find truth?
Apostolic succession brother, please look for the early church fathers, there is a great book named "the fathers know best" by Jimmi Akin, totally recommend it. And if you're looking for catholicism please read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the official teachings of the church, full of bible references and everything for support. Let me know if I can help you with something specific, and God bless you.
Always offer you struggles to God at the foot of the cross, trusting that He will guide you where you need when your soul (not your emotions) need to be guided. Prayerfully trust Him.
Scripture. Jesus is the truth, the way and the life. Seems to me that the gentleman in this video reads into scripture what he wants to believe, or what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Believing that Mary had or didn’t have children after Jesus does nothing to our salvation. But believing she did does threaten the man made traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.
@@briceidaespinoza-ym9nu you started with “it seems to me”, and then tried to discredit this man for expressing “what seems to him”. How is it your prospective is the one that must prevail as true?
I went to a Baptist Church once and they had a sermon mentioning the "brothers" of Jesus. I've heard the Adelphos argument but I don't think they agree with what it means
Dr Mark Miravalle is excellent Mariologist please ask him on your show to explain the Truth of Mother of the Church in Her 3 fold ministry as Mediatrix of all graces Advocate and Coredemptrix to be declared as 5th Marian Dogma 🙏♥️
I’m only 6 minutes in and I can already see the spiritual chains. So heavy they make me tired! Lol In all seriousness, please Catholics. Find your freedom in His grace. He died for it, honor it. ❤
@@VoiceOfReason_ I feel compelled to respond to your points. I’ll do them in individual posts to keep it organized. I want to let you know that my intention is nothing but respect and love for Catholics and all men, but I do like to get a little spicy and blunt sometimes, and I do like to joke, but never disrespect or mockery from me. My goal is to learn and be learned from, and to lead all men to truth in Christ. ❤
@@Emet315 I've seen a lot of you also, specially here. People who don't know the word of God. People who've never cared about the Bible. If teachings and doctrine are not aligned with the bible, then that's the true heretic. Early christians diverted biblical teachings, and Catholicism is the result. Read Corinthians and Timothy, then you will know that.
@@Emet315 I'm not sure, can you see my first comment? It seems to have been deleted. I'll say it again for @SyafiqHadzir, Catholicism is not Christianity. There are 40,000+ denominations claiming to be christians, how can we identify true Christianity? There's no right denomination, but only the right relationship with God. 2 Timothy 3:16 ~ all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness
@@jonathanjundarino7784 Hi, I know you mean well when you say all this and you believe you are spreading the truth. I appreciate that but this is the wrong comment section to be talking about this. There are other videos where you can post your comments. Please don’t try to disrespect other people here.
@@chris20874 Hello! Can I ask you why do you think Jesus didn't think that and didn't act like it? Matthew 1:22-23: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us"). Therefore I would say that if you deny the title "Mother of God" to Mary you're denying the name Immanuel, you can't separate Jesus divinity and His human nature, He is one person, and He is God, so we got the virgin (Mary) give birth to the Immanuel through the Holy Spirit. Mary call Jesus her Saviour because He still is the Saviour of the world and because through Him and for her role she has been preserved from the original sin by God, this is demonstrable by the very title in which the angel address her as "full of grace", that verb speak volumes in his greek form "Kecharitomene" literally means "completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace", I can give you some resources to check if you want to to verify that, Mary is also seeing as the "new Eve" who like the original one was preserved by sin until the fall, yet Mary never sin because of her fullness of grace. There are also early christian writings who confirmed that Mary was seeing as being perfectly grace from the beginning.
46:14 You said by mistake Jude 1:28, is Jude 1:24, there are only 25 verses in Jude. “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.” Jude 1:24-25 NKJV
Mary hadn't known Joseph yet that's why Mary said that. The Bible said that Joseph didn't "know" her until after Jesus was born. Also this happened after Mary spoke to the angel so Joseph hadn't taken her to be his wife yet. "And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus." ~Matthew 1:24-25 (NASB)
Oh those pesky verses get in the way. They consummated their marriage after Jesus was born. They had other children. I was Catholic for 30 years. Catholic Church has corrupted so much of what Christ said and what the Bible says.
The Greek for until (heōs) does not imply that Joseph and Mary had marital relations following Jesus birth. This preposition is often used (translated "to" or "til") to indicate a select period of time without implying change in the future (2 Sam 6:23 [LXX]; Jn 9:18; 1 Tim 4:13). Here Matthew emphasizes only that Joseph had no involvement in Mary's pregnancy before Jesus" birth. See also these following verses in relation to Mary's perpetual virginity: Ezk 44:1-3 (in relation to the closed gate of the Third Temple, Christ is the Third Temple in John 2:19-21), Mt. 1:18 (Noting that "betrothal" is a separate arrangement from "engagement" and is a temporary period). Lk. 1:27-28 (Note that the "full of grace" (Greek Kecharitōmĕnēs) is a perfect passive participle of charitŏō meaning grace. The angel's greeting (Chaire, Kecharitōmĕnēs!) implies a title rather than merely an adjective). This denotes one who has been and still is the object of divine benevolence, one who has been favored and continues to be favored by God, one who has been granted supernatural grace and remains in this state. Verbs ending in ŏō (i.e haimatŏō (turn into blood) frequently expresses the full intensity of the action. Note also Lk. 34-35 (the part where Mary says that she does not know man). The text does not say "I have not known man", but rather "I do not know man", i.e "I do not engage in sexual relations", implying that she intends to maintain her virginal state within marriage. Since you do not value any tradition or churchfathers, I'll also just add that this is understood by Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine (whom is an Ante Nicene father) as to meaning that Mary took a vow of lifelong virginity. The understanding of vows is taken from Numbers 30:6-8.
@@kevinami5585 this is a lot. When scripture is so clear. And what does it matter if she had children after. She was a virgen when Jesus was conceived, that’s what truly matters.
@@dherpin4874hi, I'm not sure why I can't see my comments or can't send there anymore. I'll get back to your comment tomorrow, maybe around or earlier than 24 hours.
@@dherpin4874 These are what you've said: "Why would you presume saint here on earth that can pray for us would once they enter into “greater” glory no longer be able to pray for us?..........." First, who are the saints? Acts 9:32, and many other bible verses, there are many alive saints, they are the people who've consecrated their life to Christ. Unlike Catholic Church, they only select very few saints, and one of the conditions is to be physically dead. You believe that God already written the names of the saved in the book of life, correct? In case not, Revelation 13:8. The moment those people written in the book of life accepted Christ; they are already saints, not because they are sinless, but because Jesus already cleaned them for once. Jesus isn't cleaning us every time we sin, He did it once, Hebrews 7, this is another mistake of the Catholic, since they don't know this. In case Catholic know this, please don't be angry with me, I'm just ignorant about what Catholic beliefs are. Now, regarding the question, I'll ask back. Where did the idea come from that they can hear our prayers? Did they become omnipresent like God? Matthew 6:20 tells us that there will be no rust, no theft, etc. meaning, people will no longer need to worry. Although there are no sins in heaven, are they going to see murder, theft, rape, carnal prayers, deceptive prayers and so much more? Did God give them powers to do that? First of all, we do not truly know, but if you are going to ask me, I believe that God will not give us that power, for He alone is enough. About 1 Corinthians 12, let's not talk about this, because it will be very big, but this I can assure you, Protestants believe in these, but only for the time of the Apostles, while there are some Protestants who believe that God is using people to do those miracles until now. But all protestant believes that God is still doing miracles, again, the context of the 1 Corinthians 12 are the spiritual "gifts". About my stand, I will not say it, because whether I believe or not, truth remains truth. let's skip other things about Lazarus, Greater, lesser, etc., because I believe that they are already answered. If not, you can ask me again, but please make it small, because it may really require a lot of time, and I'm answering this on my free time (you are welcome to ask, of course!!!). About Luke 2:35 ~ First, we need to know the context, Luke 2:33-35 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” This verses talks about Jesus suffering, About Luke 2:35, who are those "many"? also, why "may" and not "will"? Because it is talking to the inner thoughts of the people who have hidden motives, those people who would like to kill Jesus, another one that has been revealed is Peter really didn't believe Christ about the Resurrection, remember the 3x sound of the chicken representing Peter 3x denial? Also this John 16:19-22 ~ 19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/34697/in-luke-235-what-is-meant-by-so-that-thoughts-from-many-hearts-may-be-revealed This link might be helpful. Sorry, but I will never believe anything that is not in the bible. 2 Timothy 3:16-17~ "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." The bible is complete. Who received the old testament? It was the Jews right? It is holy to them, and not just tradition, because that's their reference of what is correct, not sure about now, since people in Israel departed from God and they also don't believe Jesus. Now New Testament is the revelation of God (Not just the book or Revelation, but the whole New Testament.) The bible is complete, it is sufficient. Ephesians 2:20 tells that Christianity is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. If we still have Apostles and Prophets, does it mean that the foundation of Christianity is in the process of building? No, because there's no prophets and apostles now, anyone who claim to be prophet and apostles are not coming from God, but of the enemy.
@@dherpin4874 can you see my long comment? I'm really gonna be sad if you can't see it. Cause I can't see it, But there's a sign that it was sent, this really makes me sick. I spent time...
Can you help me? I’m stuck on the perpetual virgin dogma. Scripture speaks about married couples coming together often as to not fall into temptation and to only stay without sex for prayer and only for a little while. I’ve never heard of sexless marriages being a thing in the Bible or in ancient times. Can you please share your sources? Sexless marriages is view as something not right in the sense as your body is no longer your own when you enter into marriage and if you withhold yourself from your spouse for long periods of time it can lead to temptation and sin.
54:44. I’m sorry this right here is a bit of a lame argument. What do you mean, what do you do with Jesus ?😂 Like hello, the whole point of Romans 3 was to tell people they needed a saviour and that everyone has fallen short, hence it’s understood that the passage doesn’t include Jesus. Plus He’s sinless since He is God ! That passage is obviously referring to the whole of humanity which includes Mary! P.S: Have a look at Luke 11:27-28 while you’re at it. Take care and God bless friend ✝️
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Saying that Mary for sure was a vowed virgin isn’t what I see in scripture. I can see it a possibility, but not an accretion. Especially when Joseph knew her not until after Jesus was born. Is there a whole mental gymnastics for that part too?
I’ve heard this before making the connection with Mary and Eve calling her ‘woman’ but Jesus also called the woman at the well ‘woman’. So it doesn’t seem to be only Mary.
Alright, let’s talk about Mary’s so-called perpetual virginity. First off, Ultimately this doctrine doesn’t really matter much to me either. What does my salvation have to do with whether Marry ever had relations with a man? It’s silly to think my standing with God relies on me believing this, but for truth and accuracy’s sake , and because these doctrines are used to justify actual heretical and salvific beliefs, let’s explore. The idea that Luke 1 shows Mary had taken a lifelong vow of virginity? That doesn’t hold water. When Mary says, “How can this be, since I know not man?” she’s simply pointing out that she and Joseph hadn’t been together yet. They were betrothed, sure, but in Jewish culture, that’s like being engaged. Committed to marriage but not living together or, you know, doing what married people do. If Mary had taken some radical lifelong vow of virginity, it begs the question “why even marry Joseph?” What was he signing up for? A chaste roommate situation? Doesn’t sound like something God would orchestrate. Now, about Judges 11 and Jephthah’s daughter, I get why that’s brought up, but let’s not overreach. Jephthah’s daughter says, “I will know not man” because she’s resigned to a tragic life of singleness due to her dad’s ill considered vow. That’s a completely different situation. Mary’s line, “I have known not man,” is present tense. She’s just explaining the current state of things. It’s not some coded declaration of a perpetual vow. And about Jesus’ brothers. Here we go. Yes, Matthew 13 names them. James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. Then the claim is made that they aren’t really Mary’s kids but sons of some other Mary mentioned at the crucifixion, the wife of Clopas. Okay, but let’s not miss the forest for the trees here. The Bible repeatedly calls these guys Jesus’ brothers. Not “cousins,” not “close relatives,” but “adelphoi”which is the literal standard Greek word for brothers. Yes, the Greek language sometimes uses adelphoi more broadly, but context matters. Why would the people in Jesus’ hometown in Matthew 13 think these were Mary’s sons if they weren’t? Were they all just confused about who lived under one roof? Saying Greek has no words for other close family members is just wrong. The Bible does use specific terms. For example, in Colossians 4:10, Paul refers to Mark as “Barnabas’s cousin” using the Greek word anepsios, which means cousin. A quick search in my interlinear Bible app shows a bunch of examples. Luke 1:36 refers to Mary’s close relative Elizabeth with the word “suggenes”. Acts 23:16 Paul’s “nephew” is mentioned using the Greek huios tes adelphes” which literally translates to “son of his sister”. If the Gospel writers wanted to say Jesus’ brothers were actually cousins, they could’ve said it. But they didn’t, they used adelphoi, which in context, literally, and plainly read means brothers. The language is there, it’s just not supporting your claim. And if Mary were a perpetual virgin, why does Matthew 1:25 make it so clear that Joseph “knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son”? That “until” implies something changed afterward. It doesn’t say Joseph never knew her, it says he didn’t until Jesus was born. Your refutation of this argument is weak. What’s the first rule about reading scripture? Context context context Also, the term “firstborn” naturally implies there were more children to follow. You don’t call an only child the “firstborn,” do you? That would be weird. The real kicker is this, if the church is supposedly divinely inspired to believe Mary was a perpetual virgin, why doesn’t the Bible come out and say it? Why is this doctrine built on such a shaky stack of assumptions, linguistic gymnastics, and indirect arguments? You’d think something so central to Mary’s role would be crystal clear, but it’s not. What is clear is that Mary was an incredible woman who played a unique, God ordained role in bringing the Savior into the world. But perpetual virginity? That’s adding to Scripture, and last I checked, Revelation 22:18-19 had some strong words about that. I’ll continue my refutation of the rest of these dogmas tomorrow. Feel free to challenge.
Alex, if you Google catholic dogmas, you get a list of 255 dogmas. I read them and the list seems ok to me. But, the church has no official list of dogmas. Obviously, it knows its own dogmas. Why doesnt it publish an official list? I wish it would. I want to know them.
@@chris20874 marriage and relationships on earth are a shadow of heavenly things. Heaven does not imitate earthly things. We don’t understand relationships because we don’t understand the mystical Body of Christ.
The Roman Empire became a religion, never went away... Revelation 17:5 Authorized Version And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Ok, so, I totally agree that Mary is the mother of God. And that being said, I can agree that she is the mother of hus divinity too, because he us divine and he was in her womb. Now, that is not to say that his divinity originates from Mary, correct?
The source of His divinity is God the source of His humanity is Mary, but He has always been fully both which is why Mary can be called mother of both even though she is only the originator of one of the nature's.
@@jakezuloaga3871 I think he is referencing Jude 1:24 "Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin, and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, "
🤔 how do tou explain and Joseph didn't know her until she had birth of Jesus? Note: please don't misunderstand i am trying my best to gain knowledge and understanding of this.
As a Catholic, I do not question the dogma or doctrine, including the perpetual virginity of Mary, the Mother of God. However, my question is: Why would a girl, devout to a life of virginity get married? Does it not make more sense, that she would remain a virgin because of her discovered holiness?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ~ 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. If you have doubts, seek God through the "Word of God", scripture. If something is not written or cannot be backed up with the bible, and it's talking about God, then it is not worth learning, because any conclusion outside or cannot be supported by the scriptures will fall to wrong. But one this is sure, anything that opposes the Scriptures is sure wrong, because it's not vice versa.
Marriages were arranged back then and were a social contract. They were not done out of romantic love as we think of a marriage today. So, there could be many reasons why a girl would be betrothed to someone that had taken a vow. The other important aspect is that St. Joseph agreed with her vow of celibacy.
Not all Bibles are the same, some added some took away from the scripture, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, holy man, chosen by God to write his story, to give us love, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, salvation
41:42 The joke normally says "I could just forgive you, but I'll kill my son to appease myself then I'll forgive you" but being theologicaly in depth the joke should say "Yes sin could've ended with Adam and Eve but it didn't so what I'll do is I'll create one sinless woman, then she'll have a son, which is my son, which is me, and I'll have him die for your sins so I could possibly forgive you" This video wasn't a waste of time.
Hi brother I had lot of confusions in catholic church Now i almost came back to catholic church But brother u said Psalm 132:6 lord the Messiah will be taken up in heaven along with ark of the covenant But psalm 132:6 says as this First the ark was in ephrathah then in the distant country side un jaar Please clear this doubt
Ok so on the cross Jesus gives Mary to John because he wanted John to take care of her since there was no one else. Not because Jesus wanted Mary to be the mother of all of us, right?
Hello brother or sister in christ ! That's because the marian dogma is unfortunately unbiblical. I'm watching the video, but I'm pretty positive I heard it all already. Guy makes a lot of baseless claims about dogmas. If the Marian dogma was biblical, I would have absolutely no problem with it. If transsubstantiation was biblical (real presence) I would have no problem with it. If Faith + works was biblical, I would have zero problem with it. I follow the Bible. Because the Roman Catholic church has been far, very far, from being infallible. The Assumption wasn't even a dogma before the XX° century, if I remember correctly. We cannot hold on to 2 millenias of tradition without having actual evidence that it really comes from Jesus.
@shadowdepths2486 Hello my fellow brethren in Christ. Thanks for replying. Its my understanding that the early church held transubstantiation as true and I think it is biblical "this IS my body and my blood". Now do I believe it is the physical body or the spiritual body? I don't know and it doesn't necessarily matter to me, all I know is I should treat it with extreme reverence. All the Marian dogmas are not biblical I agree. Some of them have a basis in Scripture but not explicitly stated. But I'm in the process of learning the Early Church's opinions on them and it seems perpetual virginity is correct at the least. The other Dogmas, I don't know yet. I instinctively have an aversion to the immaculate conception but I'm in the process of following the evidence then coming to a conclusion. All of this comes down to whatever the Early Church held as true to me as they learnt directly from Jesus and the disciples. Also I believe that the issue Protestants have with Catholics about faith plus works comes down to intentional obstinance or a misunderstanding of what Catholics understand of Grace. If you asked them they will say they believe in salvation through Grace. They don't believe that you having to cooperate with grace makes it works based. Unless I'm wrong and a Catholic corrects me. I'm learning more about the Catholic and Orthodox faith at the moment with a particular interest in the early Church as I reckon learning what the disciples of the Disciples did after Jesus's death in terms of how they worshipped is going to be as close to the fullness of the truth as I can get. Thats my honest thoughts. ❤️✝️
The angel of God came to Mary and when she was told what was going to happen she said let it be as you've said. So she chose to do it. Having said that she was just a devout woman who followed and obeyed God.
Protestant here, the argument I've heard was that God made Mary sinless, (and not the rest of us) because she alone could choose rightly in that state and not fall. If any of the rest of us were made as Adam and Eve were, we would have been tempted and fallen. Mary used her freewill to choose rightly therefore helping to undo what happened in the garden from the perspective of the woman. Jesus undoes the sins of Adam, Mary through God's grace to her undoes the sins of eve, and through the adoption of us as sons and daughters of Christ Mary becomes the new "mother of all of the living". Since in Adam we all die and in Christ we all live, that would redeem the title of "eve" in the person of Mary. Hope that helps!
67 yr. old grandma here. Protestant for 55 yrs. This video has opened my eyes in such a beautiful way. I have a feeling that I am not going to be a Protestant for long. Thank you so very much for this special video. I cannot wait to learn more!
God bless you!
God bless you mam!!!!
And there is nothing like receiving the real Jesus in the Holy Echarist, there have been many miracles where the Echarist became fresh.with proof.
@@taraingersoll8691 what a great thing to hear
Me too! I’m looking into it and have peace
You helped me become Catholic
Me too. At least he was apart of it.
Same here
Welcome home
He help strengthen my faith
YESSSS
The Voice of Reason, made me become Byzantine Catholic. I was Eastern Orthodox for most of my Christian life after I left the Jehovah's Witness organization. When I first saw his video on the Rosary in like early 2023, I was hooked. And during the middle of the summer, I decided to convert, and now I'm a Melkite Byzantine Catholic as of late September. Thank you Alex.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sounds like you were just weak in your faith is wondered around the way you did
I'm currently talking with a girl who is JW. What specifically encouraged you to leave the church despite being excommunicated and shunned by everyone in the church? What specifically motivated you to come to Catholicism? Thanks!
@@SuperJosh-rs6kp What lead me away from JW's is really just the fact that I got less serious about it over time. My grandmother tried to hook me on to it again but I was more into this non-denominational form of Christianity. But that phase didn't last long until I looked into Church History and invested most of my time in getting books (which thankfully I've gotten into classic literature due to this). And what kept my away from going back into the kingdom's hall is the denial of the Trinity, the denial of Hell, and the majority of weird doctrines such as a literal reading of Revelation 7&14 concerning the 144k. Not to mention the belief that Michael is Jesus, denial of blood transfusions, and many of the failed prophesies.
Our Lady is the most amazing thing God has given us, I'm fully convinced it was apart of his mission, as John 19:26-28 shows that our Lady was given to St. John, and Jesus said all was finished. Our Lady's last words in Scripture is found in John 2:5 saying "do whatever he tells you" in context of Jesus, and the last words of Jesus concerning Mary is John 19:27, being "behold your Mother!" Mostly I have faith that the Miraculous Medal and the Rosary is what was used by God to convert me back to the Church. I visited this one church that was very famous in my culture (Cuban), based on the apparition the "Caridad del Cobre" with my Catholic side of the family, which is the side I was mostly raised by, I bought some sacramentals there, including a chaplet with the miraculous medal. I have 100% conviction that the little piece of metal, the Miraculous Medal, was a piece of matter that God used as a communication of grace to me.
@@certaincyril Thank you so much for the reply! Is there any topic that you would recommend I focus on in trying to convert her? It's really difficult in trying to understand what is *really* going on in the organization so thats why I love coming to people who have experienced it first hand.
BRO IS A WALKING CATECHISM FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
hes a walking catechism. hes not a walking bible.
Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
John 17:3, 1 John 2:4, Exodus 20:4-6, Mark 7:9, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 9:20, 1 John 2:6
Thank you for the great video on our Blessed Mother! It was her intercession in my life that brought me to know our Lord last year. Praise be to God, and thanks for the constant great videos! God bless brother!
Hail Mary full of grace 🙏🏻🇻🇦
This is one of the best teachings I’ve watched defending the Marian Dogmas.
It all started for me on this Catholic journey when my eyes were opened to “behold your mother, Woman behold your Son”That verse was never in my Bible until one day it sneaked in and caught my attention.
Since then it’s been an amazing journey and growing deeper in my love for Jesus by falling deeper in love with his Mother. “Rather blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it” Mary helps us hear the word of God and keep it!
God bless your ministry bro!
So true, it was these dogmas that brought me to my first Mass, when I was walking up to the Church I saw a statue of our Blessed Mother and I just knew I was home in that moment.
Alex was a Huge part of my journey into the faith. I'm now a devout catholic who attends traditional mass & prays the rosery ! I remember seeking for more knowledge & wisdom , I believe God is using you ! ♡
You helped me take my faith seriously thank you. I’m a cradle catholic who didn’t have great guidance in my faith
You are an incredible teacher! Thank you for all that you do to educate us better on the Catholic faith. ❤️🇨🇦
True, he is educating you on catholic faith. The thing is, there is no virgin queen of heaven.
I'm a big fan of your way of teaching. I'm so impressed that I can easily rewatch the same hour-long videos multiple times. Keep up the great work Alex. God Bless You!
This is probably the best explanation/defense of the Marian dogmas that I am ever heard. Well done!
I’ve been watching “Catholic RUclips” for about a year now (just got confirmed in March) and never saw your channel until now. You are an amazing teacher. I knew all of these things from listening to other people on the Marian dogmas, but the way you teach is awesome, and it’s always nice to have a refresher on these important topics.
These videos are SOOOO helpful. Please continue making educational videos so we can all learn more. Ever since your videos came across my TikTok I have been wanting to get closer to my faith. Thanks Alex!! 🙏🏽
Two voice of reason videos in a row!?!? Lets go!!!
"what's the best way to honor your mother? Create her without sin."
As someone who is unsure whether to be Protestant, Catholic or even Orthodox, that's a very thought provoking line. I am all this emoji rn 🤔 haha
You helped me on my journey to Catholicism and it’s videos like this that open your eyes and make things make perfect sense 📿✝️
mary is all you can think of.
Appreciate your teaching in this format with the youth. Poor Catechesis has been the plague in the Catholic church for decades now. These young minds are blessed. Thank you and keep it up. Humbly and diligently. God bless.
You remind me alot of my confirmation teacher, well done indeed.
You are part of my walk in the Catholic "the whole," faith. I'm thankful for you..
Thanks for this bother! God Bless you!
Currently in mystagogia and this is by far the best and most thorough video I have seen on the Marian Dogmas. This has made it very clear to me. Thank you!
Hi @Whispn, I'm sorry to say that Voice of Reason is blind, and carrying people that is also blind.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 ~ 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
Let me help you. I really care, I hope everyone can read this, but I'll comment only on few people so I will not be reported.
Never did Jesus called Mary "MOTHER" but "WOMAN". Where in the bible did Jesus called Mary "Mother"?
LUKE 8:19-21 ~ Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. 20 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
21 He replied, “MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS ARE THOSE WHO HEAR GOD’S WORD AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.”
Before Jesus turned the Jar into wine because Mary is leading Him to do miracle, Jesus said
John 2:4 ~And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come."
But remember, Jesus didn't disrespected Mary here, but Jesus followed, showing that even the time is not right, He can do miracles, for He is God and Human at the same time. Can God call His Creation "MOTHER"?
John 19:26 ~When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
Now, how come MARY is the COREDEEMER of Christ? Did Mary got CRICIFIED? Did SHE DIED FOR OUR SINS?
JOHN 14:6 ~ 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
In other word, GOD IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD.
Hey Brother! Catholic here, was scrolling to comments and seeing yours, you seem really caring for the truth and not spreading hate, so let me reply to your points, just have a discussion between brothers in Christ.
First off no Catholic believe that Mary is Our Saviour, what we say is that Mary has a great role in our redemption thanks to her "yes" to the angel Gabriel, and that is just fact, may I ask you what you believe would have happen if Mary says "no" to the angel in that occasion? Just curious, but beeing said that nobody remove nothing to the glory of Our Saviour.
Now you actually made a great point when pointing out the Jesus call Mary "Woman", have you ever ask yourself why? Was Jesus disrespecting her in the wedding on Cana and on the cross? Nope!
What you see actually is part of a beautiful redemption plan created by God! In fact the very 2 chapters of the Gospel of John are echoing the 7 days creation described in Genesis! Take a look at it please, you see in the Gospel of John on very first chapter "In the beginning" exactly like in Genesis, then following by "on the next day" and again "on the next day", and again, dipinting the 4 days of creation. Then you got to Chapter 2 and what you see? "On the third day that was a wedding" there we go, 4 days described in the first chapter and now on the 3 day a wedding, 4 + 3 seven days of creation! And like you have said Jesus (the new Adam as we know) call Mary "Woman", John is actually describing Mary as the new and greater Eve and just like the original one Mary was conceived sinless, and Our Blessed Mother never fall!
This wasn't really debated for the early christians, please have a read on this:
answeringislamblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/19/early-church-on-mary-as-the-new-and-greater-eve/
Then we believe that Mary is the new Ark, have you ever hear a Catholic says that? Strange to hear it for a lot of our protestant brother but we do have the bible and read it too! 😁 Here is why, full of bible verses that you can check:
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/mary-the-ark-of-the-new-covenant
We also believe that Mary is the queen of Heaven, and not the egyptian pagan "god" described in the OT full of sin, but the queen mother of the Davidic Kingdom! Jesus is king and He is in David genealogy like we know on Mattew 1, so therefore Mary is the queen mother!
Please have a look here:
www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/is-marys-queenship-biblical
It is important and I really care to tell to all of my brothers in Christ that everything that the Catholic Churvh believe as far as Mary is following up by everything all Christian believe as far as Jesus.
I'm not here to debate brother, you seem to care about truth so I take my time to try to make this case clear, please let me know what you think about this and God bless you
@Axlandros thanks for the comment. As of now, I have other things and plan to do, but I'll get back at checking those links and then comment back to you. I'll screenshot this, so in case I forget, I can remember ♥️.
@jonathanjundarino2985 Pray for you brother, good luck with your research! 😁
Thanks!
My heart literally jumped for joy when I went and read Psalm 132:8
Thank you.
Thank you! GOD BLESS YOUR WORK!
Alex, may the Lord bless you and keep you. Thank you for being an advocate of the truth, thank you for all that God has done through you. I pray I may be as learned as you so that I too can inform the masses of the fullness of truth as you are doing. Thank you, you great witness of the One True, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Faith
You explain it all so well for me! Thank you! God bless!
Beautiful video thank you
Everything makes Perfect sense, LORD JESUS Thank you HOLY SPIRIT, for revieling This TRUTH to ME
Nonsense cannot make "perfect" sense😅
Ave Maria Gratia Plena Dominus Tecum. God bless you Alex, be blessed brother.
AMEN, Best Catholic Teacher Alex.
PRAISE BE TO JESUS CHRIST. MY KING, MY SAVIOR, MY LORD AND MY GOD!!!
Im a EO convert, but I love your talks. This was a fabulous discussion in Mary.
Shalom from Malaysia
Profound man...I never thought of that...Jesus got to choose His own mother...profound...
Thank you bro. That was amazing video
What do you think of posting 4 individual parts of this video highlighting one dogma at a time(for those who may not want to watch the whole thing right away) and inviting them at the end of those videos to watch the full length? Just a thought. This presentation was excellent!
"For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and from now on all generations will call me blessed."
Luke 1:48
"And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
Luke 1:43
An excellent talk on our Blessed Mother! Thanks so much Alex. 🙏✝️
The Bible teaches us, that God exalts His word above His Name ,
Thank You Bro Alex for the work you are doing.
I greatly appreciate your teachings especially regarding these 4 Marian Dogmas.
This session make me know much deeper into these Marian dogmas , and love our Catholic Church more n more.
May Our Lord And His/ Our Blessed Mother Bless and Protect You Always 🙏🏻
Hey Voice of Reason, could you make a video talking about Ethiopian Orthodoxy and the Orientals? They have many claims to supposedly having relics (the true Cross, the holy prepuce, and the Ark of the Covenant) and would like to hear your thoughts, along with their miaphysitism.
God bless you // Syriac Orthodox ☦️
All glory to the Holy Trinity ☦️☦️☦️
Lovely preach God bless you. Hope you keep going.
Bible Verse:
"If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed!" (1 Corinthians 16:22)😔😔😔😔😔😔
Thank you Alex for all your amazing videos. I pray I become as knowledgeable as you to help others come into the faith ❤ I’d like to become a Catechist and teach Children one day 🙏🏼
Thanks Alex for your awesome hospitality you are bringing lots of lost souls back to the one true church founded by God himself through his apostle’s Peter right all the way through to Pope Francis love you bro 🇼🇸☦️🫂
So many questions. I feel like the more I try to find answers, the more questions I have. With all of the noise and interpretations, how can we find truth?
Apostolic succession brother, please look for the early church fathers, there is a great book named "the fathers know best" by Jimmi Akin, totally recommend it.
And if you're looking for catholicism please read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the official teachings of the church, full of bible references and everything for support.
Let me know if I can help you with something specific, and God bless you.
Always offer you struggles to God at the foot of the cross, trusting that He will guide you where you need when your soul (not your emotions) need to be guided. Prayerfully trust Him.
Scripture. Jesus is the truth, the way and the life. Seems to me that the gentleman in this video reads into scripture what he wants to believe, or what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Believing that Mary had or didn’t have children after Jesus does nothing to our salvation. But believing she did does threaten the man made traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.
@@briceidaespinoza-ym9nu you started with “it seems to me”, and then tried to discredit this man for expressing “what seems to him”. How is it your prospective is the one that must prevail as true?
Amen brother 🙏🏽
thank u alex...
I went to a Baptist Church once and they had a sermon mentioning the "brothers" of Jesus. I've heard the Adelphos argument but I don't think they agree with what it means
Dr Mark Miravalle is excellent Mariologist please ask him on your show to explain the Truth of Mother of the Church in Her 3 fold ministry as Mediatrix of all graces Advocate and Coredemptrix to be declared as 5th Marian Dogma 🙏♥️
Yes,very clearly explained.Thank you sir.❤❤❤
I’m only 6 minutes in and I can already see the spiritual chains. So heavy they make me tired! Lol
In all seriousness, please Catholics. Find your freedom in His grace. He died for it, honor it. ❤
@@artax7664 watch the rest of the video 👀😂🤣
@ working on it.
@@VoiceOfReason_ I feel compelled to respond to your points. I’ll do them in individual posts to keep it organized. I want to let you know that my intention is nothing but respect and love for Catholics and all men, but I do like to get a little spicy and blunt sometimes, and I do like to joke, but never disrespect or mockery from me. My goal is to learn and be learned from, and to lead all men to truth in Christ. ❤
@@artax7664
You are brainwashing those innocent minds and feeding them with diabolical concoctions. Pls, stop keeping these ones in bondage.
Right on🙏✝️💪
As a muslim, I learn a lot about Christianity from you. Thanks so much.
That's not Christianity, that's Catholic. Catholics are not Christians, they are heretic. But there are some that are being converted to Christianity.
@@jonathanjundarino7784wow never seen someone so ignorant
@@Emet315 I've seen a lot of you also, specially here. People who don't know the word of God. People who've never cared about the Bible. If teachings and doctrine are not aligned with the bible, then that's the true heretic. Early christians diverted biblical teachings, and Catholicism is the result. Read Corinthians and Timothy, then you will know that.
@@Emet315 I'm not sure, can you see my first comment? It seems to have been deleted. I'll say it again for @SyafiqHadzir, Catholicism is not Christianity. There are 40,000+ denominations claiming to be christians, how can we identify true Christianity? There's no right denomination, but only the right relationship with God.
2 Timothy 3:16 ~ all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness
@@jonathanjundarino7784 Hi, I know you mean well when you say all this and you believe you are spreading the truth. I appreciate that but this is the wrong comment section to be talking about this. There are other videos where you can post your comments. Please don’t try to disrespect other people here.
Jesus was fully God and fully man manifested in the flesh first Timothy 3:16
Fact! Jesus still IS fully God and fully man tho. So is Mary the Mother of God? The one who as manifested in the flesh?
Neither of the Timothys or Titus are genuine Pauline letters.
@@Axlandros if so Jesus didn't think so and definitely didn't act like it. And also why does Mary say she needs a Savior if she was sinless.
@@chris20874 Hello! Can I ask you why do you think Jesus didn't think that and didn't act like it?
Matthew 1:22-23: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us").
Therefore I would say that if you deny the title "Mother of God" to Mary you're denying the name Immanuel, you can't separate Jesus divinity and His human nature, He is one person, and He is God, so we got the virgin (Mary) give birth to the Immanuel through the Holy Spirit.
Mary call Jesus her Saviour because He still is the Saviour of the world and because through Him and for her role she has been preserved from the original sin by God, this is demonstrable by the very title in which the angel address her as "full of grace", that verb speak volumes in his greek form "Kecharitomene" literally means "completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace", I can give you some resources to check if you want to to verify that, Mary is also seeing as the "new Eve" who like the original one was preserved by sin until the fall, yet Mary never sin because of her fullness of grace. There are also early christian writings who confirmed that Mary was seeing as being perfectly grace from the beginning.
46:14 You said by mistake Jude 1:28, is Jude 1:24, there are only 25 verses in Jude.
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.”
Jude 1:24-25 NKJV
You do such great work
The ark of the covenant was beautiful. The bud of our high priest, the word of god and the bread of life all in our heavenly ark.
Great talk Alex
Mary hadn't known Joseph yet that's why Mary said that. The Bible said that Joseph didn't "know" her until after Jesus was born. Also this happened after Mary spoke to the angel so Joseph hadn't taken her to be his wife yet.
"And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus." ~Matthew 1:24-25 (NASB)
Oh those pesky verses get in the way. They consummated their marriage after Jesus was born. They had other children. I was Catholic for 30 years. Catholic Church has corrupted so much of what Christ said and what the Bible says.
You really do not know the history of your church.
The Greek for until (heōs) does not imply that Joseph and Mary had marital relations following Jesus birth. This preposition is often used (translated "to" or "til") to indicate a select period of time without implying change in the future (2 Sam 6:23 [LXX]; Jn 9:18; 1 Tim 4:13). Here Matthew emphasizes only that Joseph had no involvement in Mary's pregnancy before Jesus" birth.
See also these following verses in relation to Mary's perpetual virginity: Ezk 44:1-3 (in relation to the closed gate of the Third Temple, Christ is the Third Temple in John 2:19-21), Mt. 1:18 (Noting that "betrothal" is a separate arrangement from "engagement" and is a temporary period).
Lk. 1:27-28 (Note that the "full of grace" (Greek Kecharitōmĕnēs) is a perfect passive participle of charitŏō meaning grace. The angel's greeting (Chaire, Kecharitōmĕnēs!) implies a title rather than merely an adjective). This denotes one who has been and still is the object of divine benevolence, one who has been favored and continues to be favored by God, one who has been granted supernatural grace and remains in this state. Verbs ending in ŏō (i.e haimatŏō (turn into blood) frequently expresses the full intensity of the action.
Note also Lk. 34-35 (the part where Mary says that she does not know man). The text does not say "I have not known man", but rather "I do not know man", i.e "I do not engage in sexual relations", implying that she intends to maintain her virginal state within marriage. Since you do not value any tradition or churchfathers, I'll also just add that this is understood by Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine (whom is an Ante Nicene father) as to meaning that Mary took a vow of lifelong virginity. The understanding of vows is taken from Numbers 30:6-8.
@@kevinami5585 this is a lot. When scripture is so clear. And what does it matter if she had children after. She was a virgen when Jesus was conceived, that’s what truly matters.
Are my comments being deleted or hidden?
I am seeing a good bit of them.
@@dherpin4874hi, I'm not sure why I can't see my comments or can't send there anymore. I'll get back to your comment tomorrow, maybe around or earlier than 24 hours.
@@dherpin4874
These are what you've said:
"Why would you presume saint here on earth that can pray for us would once they enter into “greater” glory no longer be able to pray for us?..........."
First, who are the saints? Acts 9:32, and many other bible verses, there are many alive saints, they are the people who've consecrated their life to Christ. Unlike Catholic Church, they only select very few saints, and one of the conditions is to be physically dead. You believe that God already written the names of the saved in the book of life, correct? In case not, Revelation 13:8. The moment those people written in the book of life accepted Christ; they are already saints, not because they are sinless, but because Jesus already cleaned them for once. Jesus isn't cleaning us every time we sin, He did it once, Hebrews 7, this is another mistake of the Catholic, since they don't know this. In case Catholic know this, please don't be angry with me, I'm just ignorant about what Catholic beliefs are.
Now, regarding the question, I'll ask back. Where did the idea come from that they can hear our prayers? Did they become omnipresent like God? Matthew 6:20 tells us that there will be no rust, no theft, etc. meaning, people will no longer need to worry. Although there are no sins in heaven, are they going to see murder, theft, rape, carnal prayers, deceptive prayers and so much more? Did God give them powers to do that? First of all, we do not truly know, but if you are going to ask me, I believe that God will not give us that power, for He alone is enough.
About 1 Corinthians 12, let's not talk about this, because it will be very big, but this I can assure you, Protestants believe in these, but only for the time of the Apostles, while there are some Protestants who believe that God is using people to do those miracles until now. But all protestant believes that God is still doing miracles, again, the context of the 1 Corinthians 12 are the spiritual "gifts". About my stand, I will not say it, because whether I believe or not, truth remains truth.
let's skip other things about Lazarus, Greater, lesser, etc., because I believe that they are already answered. If not, you can ask me again, but please make it small, because it may really require a lot of time, and I'm answering this on my free time (you are welcome to ask, of course!!!).
About Luke 2:35 ~ First, we need to know the context,
Luke 2:33-35
33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
This verses talks about Jesus suffering,
About Luke 2:35, who are those "many"? also, why "may" and not "will"? Because it is talking to the inner thoughts of the people who have hidden motives, those people who would like to kill Jesus, another one that has been revealed is Peter really didn't believe Christ about the Resurrection, remember the 3x sound of the chicken representing Peter 3x denial?
Also this John 16:19-22 ~ 19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/34697/in-luke-235-what-is-meant-by-so-that-thoughts-from-many-hearts-may-be-revealed
This link might be helpful.
Sorry, but I will never believe anything that is not in the bible.
2 Timothy 3:16-17~ "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." The bible is complete. Who received the old testament? It was the Jews right? It is holy to them, and not just tradition, because that's their reference of what is correct, not sure about now, since people in Israel departed from God and they also don't believe Jesus. Now New Testament is the revelation of God (Not just the book or Revelation, but the whole New Testament.) The bible is complete, it is sufficient.
Ephesians 2:20 tells that Christianity is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. If we still have Apostles and Prophets, does it mean that the foundation of Christianity is in the process of building? No, because there's no prophets and apostles now, anyone who claim to be prophet and apostles are not coming from God, but of the enemy.
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🔥🔥🔥🔥Mary is the new ark of the new covenant.🔥🔥🔥
Scripture?
Beautiful brother Alex
Can you help me? I’m stuck on the perpetual virgin dogma. Scripture speaks about married couples coming together often as to not fall into temptation and to only stay without sex for prayer and only for a little while. I’ve never heard of sexless marriages being a thing in the Bible or in ancient times. Can you please share your sources? Sexless marriages is view as something not right in the sense as your body is no longer your own when you enter into marriage and if you withhold yourself from your spouse for long periods of time it can lead to temptation and sin.
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54:44. I’m sorry this right here is a bit of a lame argument. What do you mean, what do you do with Jesus ?😂 Like hello, the whole point of Romans 3 was to tell people they needed a saviour and that everyone has fallen short, hence it’s understood that the passage doesn’t include Jesus. Plus He’s sinless since He is God ! That passage is obviously referring to the whole of humanity which includes Mary!
P.S: Have a look at Luke 11:27-28 while you’re at it. Take care and God bless friend ✝️
AMAZING VIDEO
43:33 my mind is blown!!!
This Protestant ❤️ Mary, it’s a shame that so many in my umbrella box themselves into a Mary-disparaging corner.
Thanks much for this video.
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Saying that Mary for sure was a vowed virgin isn’t what I see in scripture. I can see it a possibility, but not an accretion. Especially when Joseph knew her not until after Jesus was born. Is there a whole mental gymnastics for that part too?
What is Jude 1:28 ? I’m trying to find where the New Testament says God can keep without sin.
It’s Jude 1:24. Right after 3 John.
Beautiful explanations ✝️
I’ve heard this before making the connection with Mary and Eve calling her ‘woman’ but Jesus also called the woman at the well ‘woman’. So it doesn’t seem to be only Mary.
Alright, let’s talk about Mary’s so-called perpetual virginity. First off, Ultimately this doctrine doesn’t really matter much to me either. What does my salvation have to do with whether Marry ever had relations with a man? It’s silly to think my standing with God relies on me believing this, but for truth and accuracy’s sake , and because these doctrines are used to justify actual heretical and salvific beliefs, let’s explore.
The idea that Luke 1 shows Mary had taken a lifelong vow of virginity? That doesn’t hold water. When Mary says, “How can this be, since I know not man?” she’s simply pointing out that she and Joseph hadn’t been together yet. They were betrothed, sure, but in Jewish culture, that’s like being engaged. Committed to marriage but not living together or, you know, doing what married people do. If Mary had taken some radical lifelong vow of virginity, it begs the question “why even marry Joseph?” What was he signing up for? A chaste roommate situation? Doesn’t sound like something God would orchestrate.
Now, about Judges 11 and Jephthah’s daughter, I get why that’s brought up, but let’s not overreach. Jephthah’s daughter says, “I will know not man” because she’s resigned to a tragic life of singleness due to her dad’s ill considered vow. That’s a completely different situation. Mary’s line, “I have known not man,” is present tense. She’s just explaining the current state of things. It’s not some coded declaration of a perpetual vow.
And about Jesus’ brothers. Here we go. Yes, Matthew 13 names them. James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. Then the claim is made that they aren’t really Mary’s kids but sons of some other Mary mentioned at the crucifixion, the wife of Clopas. Okay, but let’s not miss the forest for the trees here. The Bible repeatedly calls these guys Jesus’ brothers. Not “cousins,” not “close relatives,” but “adelphoi”which is the literal standard Greek word for brothers. Yes, the Greek language sometimes uses adelphoi more broadly, but context matters. Why would the people in Jesus’ hometown in Matthew 13 think these were Mary’s sons if they weren’t? Were they all just confused about who lived under one roof? Saying Greek has no words for other close family members is just wrong. The Bible does use specific terms. For example, in Colossians 4:10, Paul refers to Mark as “Barnabas’s cousin” using the Greek word anepsios, which means cousin. A quick search in my interlinear Bible app shows a bunch of examples. Luke 1:36 refers to Mary’s close relative Elizabeth with the word “suggenes”. Acts 23:16 Paul’s “nephew” is mentioned using the Greek huios tes adelphes” which literally translates to “son of his sister”. If the Gospel writers wanted to say Jesus’ brothers were actually cousins, they could’ve said it. But they didn’t, they used adelphoi, which in context, literally, and plainly read means brothers. The language is there, it’s just not supporting your claim.
And if Mary were a perpetual virgin, why does Matthew 1:25 make it so clear that Joseph “knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son”? That “until” implies something changed afterward. It doesn’t say Joseph never knew her, it says he didn’t until Jesus was born. Your refutation of this argument is weak. What’s the first rule about reading scripture? Context context context Also, the term “firstborn” naturally implies there were more children to follow. You don’t call an only child the “firstborn,” do you? That would be weird.
The real kicker is this, if the church is supposedly divinely inspired to believe Mary was a perpetual virgin, why doesn’t the Bible come out and say it? Why is this doctrine built on such a shaky stack of assumptions, linguistic gymnastics, and indirect arguments? You’d think something so central to Mary’s role would be crystal clear, but it’s not. What is clear is that Mary was an incredible woman who played a unique, God ordained role in bringing the Savior into the world. But perpetual virginity? That’s adding to Scripture, and last I checked, Revelation 22:18-19 had some strong words about that.
I’ll continue my refutation of the rest of these dogmas tomorrow. Feel free to challenge.
Great job.
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Alex, if you Google catholic dogmas, you get a list of 255 dogmas. I read them and the list seems ok to me. But, the church has no official list of dogmas. Obviously, it knows its own dogmas. Why doesnt it publish an official list? I wish it would. I want to know them.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, purchase it! It has all the dogmas.
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I was trained by Mary to be a Holy man
Woah Mary was the mother of the new Adam and also the wife of the new Adam? This is a little crazy.
U clearly don't understand or don't listen what all he said
@@chris20874 marriage and relationships on earth are a shadow of heavenly things. Heaven does not imitate earthly things. We don’t understand relationships because we don’t understand the mystical Body of Christ.
Why did God wait 400 years to tell us that the Bible isn't really accurate when it comes to Mary?
Did you not watch the whole video?
The Roman Empire became a religion, never went away...
Revelation 17:5 Authorized Version
And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Ok, so, I totally agree that Mary is the mother of God. And that being said, I can agree that she is the mother of hus divinity too, because he us divine and he was in her womb. Now, that is not to say that his divinity originates from Mary, correct?
No, she is not the source of Jesus's divinity. It's just to recognize the fact that she gave birth to the fully God and fully man Jesus.
The source of His divinity is God the source of His humanity is Mary, but He has always been fully both which is why Mary can be called mother of both even though she is only the originator of one of the nature's.
37:05 i cant find the verse in Jude
If he misspoke (which he also did with Judges) can someone put it please?
@@jakezuloaga3871 I think he is referencing Jude 1:24 "Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin, and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, "
It's Jude 1:24
"To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy"
@@ealdorman5053 thank you
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🤔 how do tou explain and Joseph didn't know her until she had birth of Jesus?
Note: please don't misunderstand i am trying my best to gain knowledge and understanding of this.
He goes over that in the video.
As a Catholic, I do not question the dogma or doctrine, including the perpetual virginity of Mary, the Mother of God. However, my question is: Why would a girl, devout to a life of virginity get married?
Does it not make more sense, that she would remain a virgin because of her discovered holiness?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ~ 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
If you have doubts, seek God through the "Word of God", scripture. If something is not written or cannot be backed up with the bible, and it's talking about God, then it is not worth learning, because any conclusion outside or cannot be supported by the scriptures will fall to wrong. But one this is sure, anything that opposes the Scriptures is sure wrong, because it's not vice versa.
Marriages were arranged back then and were a social contract. They were not done out of romantic love as we think of a marriage today. So, there could be many reasons why a girl would be betrothed to someone that had taken a vow. The other important aspect is that St. Joseph agreed with her vow of celibacy.
Not all Bibles are the same, some added some took away from the scripture, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, holy man, chosen by God to write his story, to give us love, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, salvation
Thank you for sharing this dogma. God bless you 🙏
It’s Jude 1:24 not 1:28 😊
41:42 The joke normally says "I could just forgive you, but I'll kill my son to appease myself then I'll forgive you" but being theologicaly in depth the joke should say "Yes sin could've ended with Adam and Eve but it didn't so what I'll do is I'll create one sinless woman, then she'll have a son, which is my son, which is me, and I'll have him die for your sins so I could possibly forgive you"
This video wasn't a waste of time.
Hi brother
I had lot of confusions in catholic church
Now i almost came back to catholic church
But brother u said Psalm 132:6 lord the Messiah will be taken up in heaven along with ark of the covenant
But psalm 132:6 says as this
First the ark was in ephrathah
then in the distant country side un jaar
Please clear this doubt
Its Psalm 132:8
Ok so on the cross Jesus gives Mary to John because he wanted John to take care of her since there was no one else. Not because Jesus wanted Mary to be the mother of all of us, right?
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of all Christians and the Queen of Heaven. Hail Mary Full of Grace.
Yes, you can sin we have free will to be obedient to God‘s word or not
Wow I had no idea that I've called a lot of women, woman... I've been declaring them sinless this whole time.
Voice of deepness 😂
Does the immaculate conception not take away Mary's free will then? Whats the argument against that.
Hello brother or sister in christ ! That's because the marian dogma is unfortunately unbiblical. I'm watching the video, but I'm pretty positive I heard it all already.
Guy makes a lot of baseless claims about dogmas.
If the Marian dogma was biblical, I would have absolutely no problem with it.
If transsubstantiation was biblical (real presence) I would have no problem with it.
If Faith + works was biblical, I would have zero problem with it.
I follow the Bible. Because the Roman Catholic church has been far, very far, from being infallible.
The Assumption wasn't even a dogma before the XX° century, if I remember correctly.
We cannot hold on to 2 millenias of tradition without having actual evidence that it really comes from Jesus.
@shadowdepths2486 Hello my fellow brethren in Christ. Thanks for replying. Its my understanding that the early church held transubstantiation as true and I think it is biblical "this IS my body and my blood". Now do I believe it is the physical body or the spiritual body? I don't know and it doesn't necessarily matter to me, all I know is I should treat it with extreme reverence. All the Marian dogmas are not biblical I agree. Some of them have a basis in Scripture but not explicitly stated. But I'm in the process of learning the Early Church's opinions on them and it seems perpetual virginity is correct at the least. The other Dogmas, I don't know yet. I instinctively have an aversion to the immaculate conception but I'm in the process of following the evidence then coming to a conclusion. All of this comes down to whatever the Early Church held as true to me as they learnt directly from Jesus and the disciples. Also I believe that the issue Protestants have with Catholics about faith plus works comes down to intentional obstinance or a misunderstanding of what Catholics understand of Grace. If you asked them they will say they believe in salvation through Grace. They don't believe that you having to cooperate with grace makes it works based. Unless I'm wrong and a Catholic corrects me. I'm learning more about the Catholic and Orthodox faith at the moment with a particular interest in the early Church as I reckon learning what the disciples of the Disciples did after Jesus's death in terms of how they worshipped is going to be as close to the fullness of the truth as I can get. Thats my honest thoughts. ❤️✝️
The angel of God came to Mary and when she was told what was going to happen she said let it be as you've said. So she chose to do it. Having said that she was just a devout woman who followed and obeyed God.
Protestant here, the argument I've heard was that God made Mary sinless, (and not the rest of us) because she alone could choose rightly in that state and not fall. If any of the rest of us were made as Adam and Eve were, we would have been tempted and fallen. Mary used her freewill to choose rightly therefore helping to undo what happened in the garden from the perspective of the woman. Jesus undoes the sins of Adam, Mary through God's grace to her undoes the sins of eve, and through the adoption of us as sons and daughters of Christ Mary becomes the new "mother of all of the living". Since in Adam we all die and in Christ we all live, that would redeem the title of "eve" in the person of Mary.
Hope that helps!
@@charitybrook6279 interesting thanks for the reply
Wow!