re question about virgin mary d andrew byler db n andrew cmu edu wrote however greatly we extoll mary it is quite obvious that she is in no way god or even part of god or equal to god the assumption of our blessed mother meant that because of her close identification with the redemptive work of christ she was assumed note that she did not ascend body and soul into heaven and is thus one of the few along with elijah enoch moses maybe who are already perfected in heaven obviously the virgin mary is far superior in glorification to any of the previously mentioned personages as i said it is a provocative thought from answer to job the logical consistency of the papal declaration cannot be surpassed and it leaves protestantism with the odium of being nothing but a man s religion which allows no metaphysical representation of woman protestantism has obviously not given sufficient attention to the signs of the times which point to the equality of women but this equality requires to be metaphysically anchored in the figure of a divine woman the bride of christ just as the person of christ cannot be replaced by an organization so the bride cannot be re placed by the church the feminine like the masculine demands an equally personal representation the dogmatizing of the assumption does not however according to the dogmatic view mean that mary has attained the status of a goddess although as mistress of heaven and mediatrix she is functionally on a par with christ the king and mediator at any rate her position satisfies the need of the archetype par jung should stick to psychology rather than getting into theology jung made it clear that he was talking about psychology not theology his comments had to do with the psychological image of god and its function in the human psyche not about the actual existence or nature of god revdak netcom com
