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From: David.Bernard@central.sun.com (Dave Bernard)
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Subject: Re: Mary's assumption
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Date: 14 May 93 06:11:24 GMT
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>I also don't see the _necessity_ of saying the Holy Parents were some-
>how sanctified beyond normal humanity: it sounds like our own inability
>to grasp the immensity of God's grace in being incarnated through an or-
>dinary human being.  


When Elizabeth greeted Mary, Elizabeth said something to the effect that
Mary, out of all women, was blessed.  If so, it appears that this
exactly places Mary beyond the sanctification of normal humanity.
