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Please, why is Elisabeth greeting Mary so (Lk 1, 42)

peter2

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I' m just a little puzzled why Elisabeth doesn't just tell Mary she's blessed. Why does she add : "among women" ? Why does it seem needed ?
My first thought is indeed : why does she distinguish her from the other women ?
May be is it not for a distinction, but i fail to see another motivation
 

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I' m just a little puzzled why Elisabeth doesn't just tell Mary she's blessed. Why does she add : "among women" ? Why does it seem needed ?
My first thought is indeed : why does she distinguish her from the other women ?
May be is it not for a distinction, but i fail to see another motivation
She is carrying the Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Many women carried Prophets and even Elizabeth herself carried a very important individual. But Mary as we know carried God in the flesh. Wouldn't you say among all these women she is by far the most blessed?
 
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She is carrying the Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Many women carried Prophets and even Elizabeth herself carried a very important individual. But Mary as we know carried God in the flesh. Wouldn't you say among all these women she is by far the most blessed?
Agreed, and we notice that it is "among women" not "above women."
 
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She is carrying the Messiah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Many women carried Prophets and even Elizabeth herself carried a very important individual. But Mary as we know carried God in the flesh. Wouldn't you say among all these women she is by far the most blessed?
Thank you, and sorry for my late reply.
i was not suggesting Elizabeth could have been lying, and i would add this piece of information is valuable, of course..
But i remain perplexed yet : Doesn't it point to the hypothesis she embodies something absolute, while other women, some more relative realities ?
Could we assume then she reaches here, through Elizabeth's speech, an absolute status, while she's yet a mere creature ?
 
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Agreed, and we notice that it is "among women" not "above women."
Idem, Mr Lamb, sorry also for my late answer.
If we consider what i just wrote Mrs Billingsley, i hardly see some significative difference between "among" and "above"
 
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and even Elizabeth herself carried a very important individual.
Yes, Mrs Billingsley, i read too quickly your message, and missed this quote :
A reason why she told "among women" could likely be Elizabeth was mother of the precursor, and her fame had already spread in the country. She was likely just passing on the torch.
You gave me a good clue
 
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