#12537 Why Do We Call Mary the New Eve? Apostles and La Salette - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
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“Why do we call Mary the New Eve?” This question opens a discussion on Mary’s unique role in salvation history, alongside intriguing inquiries about the connection between the 12 stars and the 12 Apostles, and the significance of Mary as the Mother of God. The conversation also touches on the complexities surrounding the apparition of Our Lady of La Salette and the Church’s response to extreme ideologies.
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Questions Covered:
- 01:45 – Cy question “why do we refer to Mary as the New Eve?”
- 13:30 – Is there a correlation between the 12 stars associated with Mary and the 12 Apostles?
- 15:50 – How can we call Mary the mother of God?
- 28:44 – How can we be certain that the falling away mentioned in Hebrews 6:4 has to do with the Old Testament and not a general falling away from Faith?
- 44:12 – How does the Church address groups within the church that espouse extreme ideologies?
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| 0:39.5 | Tim Staples is with us this hour. |
| 0:45.7 | We're going to talk about Mary, which is, I think, one, I know it's in the top five for Tim of topics to talk about, top five. Actually, he wrote the book on Mary. He literally wrote the book on |
| 0:51.1 | Mary. Behold Your Mother, a biblical and historical defense of the book on Mary. The, uh, Behold your mother, a biblical and historical |
| 0:55.4 | defense of the Marian doctrines. Tim Staples, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, |
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| 1:32.3 | If you have a question about Mary, whether you are a Mary fan or not, whether you are a Catholic or not, |
| 1:39.3 | 8883-1-8-7-884. And I'm going to ask you a really basic question about Mary. And it has to do with her |
| 1:47.2 | title as the New Eve. Why do we Catholics refer to Mary as the New Eve? Yes. Well, it's certainly |
| 1:55.4 | after the Theatocos, the most ancient title of the Blessed Mother Mother because you find it, not only is it so |
| 2:04.0 | incredibly plain in Scripture, you know, especially when you have, for example, Revelation |
| 2:10.2 | Chapter 12, the woman, of course, right on her head, a crown of 12 stars under her feet, the moon. And she gives birth to the |
| 2:21.1 | Messiah there in verses 4 and 5. And then in verse 17, she gives birth to all of us, right? But who is |
| 2:27.1 | this woman? But the fulfillment of the prophecies of Genesis 315 and Jeremiah 3.22 in the Old |
| 2:34.0 | Testament, who prophesied the coming |
| 2:36.1 | of the woman who would reverse everything that was caused by the woman of Genesis |
| 2:43.4 | chapter 3, Eve, when she took the fruit from the devil and then, of course, presented it to Adam. |
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