{"id":91952,"date":"2025-11-07T21:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=91952"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:12:19","slug":"mary-no-longer-called-co-redemptrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/mary-no-longer-called-co-redemptrix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary No Longer Called Co-Redemptrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source: <\/strong>Talia Wise, “Pope Leo Declares Jesus Alone Saved the World, Rejects Title of Mary as ‘Co-Redeemer’<\/a>,” CBN, 7 November 2025.<\/p>\n

“A decree from Pope Leo’s office firmly rejects the claim that Mary, Jesus’ mother, helped save the world from damnation, settling a debate that has baffled the Catholic community by stating that Jesus alone redeemed humanity by his crucifixion and death.”<\/p>\n

“In a lengthy note titled ‘Mater Populi Fidelis’ or ‘Mother of the Faithful People of God,’ the Vatican’s doctrinal office instructed Catholics to no longer give her the title of “co-redemptrix” or “co-redeemer” as it “carries the risk of eclipsing the exclusive role of Jesus Christ” as the Savior.”<\/p>\n

“The late Pope Francis also strongly opposed granting Mary the title of “co-redeemer,” and according to Reuters, he suggested the idea was “foolishness.” “She never wanted to take anything for herself from her son,” Francis said in 2019.\u00a0Additionally, Benedict XVI, Francis’ predecessor, also opposed the title. However, his predecessor, John Paul II, supported the title until the mid-90s when the doctrinal office began to voice skepticism.”<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Cindy Wooden, “Mary, mother of Jesus and all believers, is not co-redeemer, Vatican says<\/a>,” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 4 November 2025.<\/p>\n

“In a lengthy doctrinal note titled ‘Mater Populi Fidelis’ (‘Mother of the Faithful People of God’), the dicastery said the title co-redemptrix or co-redeemer ‘carries the risk of eclipsing the exclusive role of Jesus Christ” in salvation.\u00a0And, regarding the title co-mediatrix or co-mediator, it said that Mary, ‘the first redeemed, could not have been the mediatrix of the grace that she herself received.’\u00a0However, it said, the title may be used when it does not cast doubt on ‘the unique mediation of Jesus Christ, true God and true man.'”<\/p>\n

“The church believes that those in heaven can pray and intercede for people still on earth, and, among those chosen and glorified with Christ, first and foremost is his Mother,’ the note said. ‘Therefore, we can affirm that Mary has a unique collaboration in the saving work that Christ carries out in his Church. With this intercession, Mary can become for us a motherly sign of the Lord’s mercy.'”<\/p>\n

This becomes another example of the Roman Catholic Church changing its teachings while leaving itself enough wiggle room to claim that it hasn’t really changed; it only clarified. This should be sufficient evidence that its teachings are not from God. God doesn’t need to clarify Himself or rewrite the past to fit current teachings.<\/p>\n

The claim that the dead can interceed for the living contradicts the Scriptures. The dead are unaware of events on the earth (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6).<\/p>\n

See “The Deification of Mary<\/a>” for citations showing the extent the Catholic Church developed their ideas about Mary before rejecting them. At least in this change, the Roman Catholic Church moves a shade closer to the truth that pre-existed it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Talia Wise, “Pope Leo Declares Jesus Alone Saved the World, Rejects Title of Mary as ‘Co-Redeemer’,” CBN, 7 November 2025. “A decree from Pope Leo’s office firmly rejects the claim that Mary, Jesus’ mother, helped save the world from damnation, settling a debate that has baffled the Catholic community by stating that Jesus alone…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[278,1599],"class_list":["post-91952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-mary","tag-roman-catholic-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6748,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-deification-of-mary\/","url_meta":{"origin":91952,"position":0},"title":"The Deification of Mary","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 23, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Luke 11:27-28 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many of the world\u2019s denominations share common beliefs. 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