Virgin Mary's Status:
Roman Catholics believe:
Roman Catholics believe:
Mary is venerated over all other saints. This tenet of Mariology holds that Mary, at her conception, was sinless preserved from original sin. According to the Roman Catholic Encyclopedia of Theology, no statement of Mary’s being free from original sin is found in the West before AD 1000. It was not until 1854 that faith in Mary’s Immaculate Conception was taught as an official church dogma.
The Assumption of Mary teaches that Mary, when she died, was taken up (assumed) body and soul into heavenly glory. It was not until 1950 that Pope Pius XII defined the doctrine of “Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven.”
Protestants denounce the veneration of Mary as practiced by Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Most believe Mary was no different from the rest of humanity; she was a sinner in need of a Saviour.
Adventists believe:
Like most Protestants and Adventists believe Mary was a sinner in need of a Saviour. Mary’s death is not recorded in the Bible. Nothing is said about Mary ascending to heaven or having an exalted role there. As the earthly mother of Jesus Mary should be respected; but she is not worthy of worship or adoration.
Matthew 12:47 Then one said unto Him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with Thee. But He answered and said unto him that told Him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren. For whosoever does the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Luke 1:46-47. And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Note: Mary was a sinner as all have sinned.
Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1 John 1:10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
2 Chronicles 6:36. When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin)...
Galatians 3:22. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Ecclesiastes 7:20. For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
Adventists believe:
Like most Protestants and Adventists believe Mary was a sinner in need of a Saviour. Mary’s death is not recorded in the Bible. Nothing is said about Mary ascending to heaven or having an exalted role there. As the earthly mother of Jesus Mary should be respected; but she is not worthy of worship or adoration.
Matthew 12:47 Then one said unto Him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with Thee. But He answered and said unto him that told Him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren. For whosoever does the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Luke 1:46-47. And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Note: Mary was a sinner as all have sinned.
Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1 John 1:10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
2 Chronicles 6:36. When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin)...
Galatians 3:22. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Ecclesiastes 7:20. For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
