What Evangelicals Can Love about Mary

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🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Hey Protestants, how many of you know what the Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates? If you said Jesus, you’re wrong. Nope, this Catholic celebration honors the church doctrine that Mary was not tainted by original sin. If that belief makes your eyebrows arch, you may not be alone. Catholics, who traditionally venerate Mary much more than Protestants, have a host of beliefs that today we may see as extra-biblical. But that may be because Catholics’ understanding of the development of doctrine differs from Protestants, says Beeson Divinity School dean (and proud Southern Baptist) Timothy George. “Catholics would say, ‘Everything we believe about Mary is somehow or other rooted or grounded in something that’s in the Bible,’” said George. George doesn’t personally believe Catholic teaching on the immaculate conception, Mary’s perpetual virginity, or the idea she was assumed into heaven without physically dying—but he does think that Protestants should find a lot more to love about the mother of God. George joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editor-in-chief Mark Galli this week to discuss how Mary models discipleship, what the reformers thought of her, and whether or not Protestants should pray to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.0	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:29.3	Music Michael Del Rosario at Apologeticsguy.com. Hey, everyone, you're listening to Quick to Listen.
0:32.1	Each week we go beyond hashtags and hot takes and set aside time to explore the reality
0:36.7	behind a major cultural event.
0:39.3	Today, we're talking about whether Protestants need to do more to honor Mary, the mother of Jesus.
0:45.2	My co-host as always, Mark Alley.
0:47.1	Hello, good to be here.
0:48.8	Did I identify myself?
0:50.3	I don't know.
0:51.2	I'm an assistant editor.
0:52.4	My name's Morgan Lee.
0:53.7	And I'm the editor-in-chief of Christianity today, Mark Callie.
0:57.0	Mark, who is joining us this week?
0:58.0	Good friend, Timothy George, long-time advisor to Christianity today.
1:03.0	He's one of those people we look to when we want to have something definitive to say about
1:08.0	classic evangelical doctrine.
1:10.0	It's Timothy George. He's the dean of Beeson
1:11.9	Divinity School. How long have you been there, Timothy? A long time. 28 years. That's about as long as
1:17.8	I've been here at CT. I've been 27. So there you go. Wait, how old am I? There you go.
1:24.1	So why did you ask Timothy to come on a show for a classic evangelical doctrine if we're talking about Mary?
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