absolutely no question that Mary was specially blessed. There is absolutely no question that Mary gave birth to Christ while being a virgin. Both of these statements are easily verifiable in the Bible: "To a virgin, espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women..." Luke 1: 2728. "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son? and shalt call his name

time. This is what the Bible, the Word of God declares.

Specially blessed Mary was in giving birth to the Son of God, but the Lord did not gave her place as an intercessor, a mediator, nor is she in heaven alive. She is waiting for the Lord to resurrect her at the Second Coming of Christ. In fact, no where in the Bible can one find one single Scripture giving her the special place that "tradition" and the Catholic church gives to her. We must base our doctrines and gospel teaching only in the Scriptures and the Scriptures alone. However, the Catholic church teaches

"...men, through "Councils", "Popes and Bishops", introduce traditions of men"

the Church through the Councils, through what Catholics call the magisterium, or "teaching authority of the Popes and Bishops, and through the lives of our people. In the Catholic faith this has been called "Tradition."...Thus, the Bible and Tradition go hand in hand: they are not two distinct sources of revelations. As the Fathers of Vatican II put it, "Sacred Tradition and sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, which is committed to the

Church"(Dei Verbum, #10). In a sense, Tradition is Scripture lived in the Church." (The New American Bible, (NAB)-Purpose of the Bible pg. IX, Catholic Bible Press a Division of Thomas Nelson Publishers).

Here lies, the problem: men, through "Councils", "Popes and Bishops", introduce the traditions of men, adding or deleting to the Word of God. God does not allow any man to add or delete from His Word: "For I testify unto

"...tradition and councels...gave a new "role" to the virgin Mary"

every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things

which are written in this book." Revel. 21: 18-19. It was "Tradition" and Councils that gave a new "role" to the virgin Mary:

"First there was the definition of Mary as Mother of God in 431. Then came the final proclamation of her Perpetual Virginity at the Third Council of Con