“how we think about the Virgin Mary depends on whether her response to the Annunciation was based on her actual free will, or whether it had been predetermined from all eternity; whether her free choice was actual, or was divine compulsion masquerading as human freedom.”
― Why Mary Matters: Protestants and the Virgin Mary
― Why Mary Matters: Protestants and the Virgin Mary
“The Incarnation of the Word was the work not only of the Father, Whose good pleasure it was, and of His Power, Who overshadowed, and of His Spirit, Who descended, but also of the will and faith of the Virgin. For, just as, without those Three, it would have been impossible for this decision to be implemented, so also, if the All-Pure One had not offered her will and faith, this design could not possibly have been brought to fruition.[114]”
― Why Mary Matters: Protestants and the Virgin Mary
― Why Mary Matters: Protestants and the Virgin Mary
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