Is Mary the “All-Holy One”?
The Catholic Catechism identifies Mary as the “All-Holy One”:
“By asking Mary to pray for us, we acknowledge ourselves to be poor sinners and we address ourselves to the ‘Mother of Mercy,’ the All-Holy One” (para. 2677).
However, the Bible tells us that God alone is holy:
“Who will not fear you, Lord, or glorify your name? For you alone are holy” (Revelation 15:4).
If God alone is holy, can Mary be the “All-Holy One”? The Bible tells us in numerous other places that God is the Holy One. One example is from the book of Psalms:
“Restore my honor; turn and comfort me, That I may praise you with the lyre for your faithfulness, my God, And sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel” (Psalm 71:21, 22).
There are other references to the “Holy One” throughout the Bible; each one refers to God, either God the Father or God the Son. God is the only All-Holy One. To be the All-Holy One, Mary would have had to be sinless her entire life.
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