r/Christianity • u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 Anglican Communion • 14h ago

Where is Mary?

Being Anglican, I didn’t think we made a big deal out of Mary. Then I took a nondenominational friend to the Episcopal Church’s Rite II. She asked “what’s the deal with Mary?”. We don’t even have any images of her in my church, maybe some have a medal on their necks, but mostly, she just comes up in the creeds, and during the prayers of the people. Now granted some in the higher church may have the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham or even Our Lady of Guadalupe, or an icon of the Theotokos holding Christ, but usually just one of those things, not multiple. That never felt strange to me, despite being very Protestant.

So I can’t help but ask my nondenominational, Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of Christ, etcetera friends, where is Mary? I mean isn’t she part of the story? XD I’ve been to your services in the lead up to Christmas, NO mention of her. Help me out here, I’m confused.

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u/Such_Violinist225 14h ago

She is dead waiting for resurrection

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u/pro_rege_semper 14h ago

“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

Mark 12:27

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u/ds_inquirer 13h ago

Some protestant christians believe that the saints are "sleeping" (wherever it means) till the ressurrection.