How might you respond?<\/p>\n
Response<\/h3>\n
The simplest way to respond to an assertion like this\u00a0is to ask for any official Church document which teaches this. Can the objector produce a reference in the Catechism, a Council or a Papal Encyclical? I can guarantee you they cannot.<\/p>\n
When they are unable to provide the evidence you request, I would suggest that you then point them to the binding teaching of\u00a0the Catechism<\/a>:<\/p>\n 488<\/strong> “God sent forth his Son”, but to prepare a body for him, he wanted the free co-operation of a creature<\/span>. For this, from all eternity God chose for the mother of his Son a daughter of Israel, a young Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee…<\/span><\/p>\n The Father of mercies willed that the Incarnation should be preceded by assent on the part of the predestined mother, so that just as a woman had a share in the coming of death, so also should a woman contribute to the coming of life.*<\/span><\/p>\n [This is a beautiful teaching from the Early Church, where the Fathers referred to Mary as being a kind of “New Eve”<\/a>]<\/p>\n 489<\/strong> Throughout the Old Covenant the mission of many holy women prepared for that of Mary…Eve…Sarah…Hannah…Deborah; Ruth; Judith and Esther…. <\/span><\/p>\n Mary “stands out among the poor and humble of the Lord, who confidently hope for and receive salvation from him<\/span>. After a long period of waiting the times are fulfilled in her, the exalted Daughter of Sion, and the new plan of salvation is established.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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