Questions tagged [mediator]
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How can Jesus Christ be a "mediator between God and men" when he himself is fully God?
According to the Thayer's Greek Lexicon, the word "mediator" (greek: mesités) has the meaning of:
one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore
peace and friendship, or ...
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If Christ Has Been Given All Authority Why Does He Need to Make Intercession For Us?
The bible tells us both that Jesus has been given all authority but he also is ever making intercession for us with God the Father.
Has there ever been any theological explanation by anyone on why ...
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According to Catholicism, can the saints be given the title "co-mediator of Grace"?
If Mary is "Mediatrix of all Graces" is it possible to say the saints are "Mediators of certain graces", according to Catholicism?
E.g., the patron saint of finding lost things is a co-mediator who ...
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How do modalists understand the role of Jesus as mediator?
The Bible calls Jesus our mediator:
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. (Romans 8:34, ESV)
For there is ...
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If Protestants won't ask dead saints to intercede because there is no mediator but Jesus then why do they ask living Christians to pray for them?
Protestants reject the Catholic and Orthodox practice of asking deceased saints to pray for them, and I think there are two main reasons why they reject it: it is communicating with the dead, and it ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the special mediatorial position of the Pope, Cardinals, etc in the Catholic church?
Following-up a previous question, what Biblical basis does the Catholic church claim for the special role of Priests, Cardinals, and Popes in the structure of the church?
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How is 1 Timothy 2:5 interpreted relative to the Mediatrix concept?
The concept of Mediatrix has Virgin Mary in a role of a mediator in the salvation process—at least that's what Wikipedia says:
Mediatrix in Roman Catholic Mariology refers to the role of the ...
