The Immaculate Conception: A Protestant Evaluation

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  @owensullivan252 · 3 years ago

  Gavin Ortlund is someone who commands respect from those whom disagree with him, and this is largely due to his gentle and loving yet firm and assertive demeanor. Dr. Ortlund is a model by which we should consider approaching atheists, Jews, Muslims, and members of opposing denominations regarding Christianity.

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• EL

  @elisharp5767 · 2 years ago

  As a Protestant I have somehow always assumed the immaculate conception referred only to the virgin birth. I did not know this was a catholic doctrine. Thanks for the explanation! You had me worried when I clicked on the thumbnail!

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• TH

  @theosophicalwanderings7696 · 3 years ago (edited)

  It’s so obvious none of this was taught by the apostles. It seems that people only buy into this because they buy into other (questionable) claims about Church authority. Glad this channel exists to make people aware.

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• ST

  @storytime6263 · 1 year ago

  The way the Catholic church talks bout Mary you would think she died on the cross.

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• JO

  @johnrevelation37 · 3 years ago

  I found your channel a few days ago as a Protestant Lutherans considering the Marian dogmas.  Thank you for showing the history from a true Protestant view.  God bless you and anyone reading this that loves the Lord Jesus Christ ❤

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• 5B

  @5BBassist4Christ · 3 years ago

  &quot;Some people will try to respond to these passages by questioning their orthodoxy. ... &nbsp;As soon as they say something you like, you bring them back in.&quot;<br><br>-This is something I very recently experienced. &nbsp;I was in conversation with an Orthodox and he was arguing for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. &nbsp;Two of his leading sources were the Proto-Evangelium of James and Jerome. &nbsp;I challenged the support of James on a scholarly basis and challenged Jerome on his rejection of James. &nbsp;Apparently, James is a reliable source that Mary was ever-virgin despite not being historically reliable, and Jerome is an infallible source despite rejecting another reliable source. &nbsp;He didn&apos;t understand the contradiction of his argument. &nbsp;And this is why Sola Scriptura is important.

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• TH

  @TheNightWatcher1385 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Marian dogmas stopped my Catholic conversion cold. 3 of the 4 of them are simply indefensible and I was unwilling to lie in order to convert.

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• TI

  @TinkerBell-bt6vu · 3 years ago

  Wow I had no idea how much my Catholic School upbringing &nbsp;was influencing my life as a now Baptist Christian. &nbsp;I have been using the term &quot;immaculate conception&quot; referring to the virgin birth. And so when I first saw this video I was thinking &quot;what&apos;s wrong with the immaculate conception?&quot; But I am glad I know now that there is a difference between the immaculate conception and the virgin birth. &nbsp;That way, I won&apos;t also confuse others when I ever talk about it

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• JW

  @JW_______ · 3 years ago

  Man...I didn&apos;t realize the argument from the church fathers was so stongly in favor of the protestant position as opposed to Rome.

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• LM

  @lmorter7867 · 3 years ago

  There&apos;s nothing in scripture that would suggest that our salvation depends on putting faith in Mary. Jesus is our sole Savior, High Priest, Mediator, Lord and King.

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• SC

  @scottie8365 · 3 years ago

  The Gospel is so powerful,so beautiful,yet so simple! All we need to be saved is to call on the name of Jesus,to repent of ours sins and put our faith and trust in him. To confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that he died for our sins and God raised him on the third day. To pick up our cross and follow him and stay on the narrow path and like Revelation repeats overcome.<br>I don’t need or want anything else. He is our Rock,our redeemer,our Messiah,the anointed one. King of Kings and Lord of Lords!Amen!

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• DE

  @debshirley6904 · 1 month ago

  Gavin, thank you.I was brought up Catholic, but got away from the church.In my twenties, I became a protestant. I have enjoyed the freedom of knowing I am saved for forty years, but then my parents died, and my heart was drawn back to the Catholic church. For these last three years.I just could not come to terms with those doctrines and being forced to believe them.My feeling was, who knows, maybe they &apos;re true, but that shouldn&apos;t matter if I believe it or not, because salvation is from Christ alone. I have broken back away from the Catholic church, and happily reside in my local Baptist Church.I&apos;m starting to feel the peace and joy again of my salvation.

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