Bishop Schneider defends the Marian titles ‘Co-Redemptrix’ and ‘Mediatrix of All Graces’
Bishop Athanasius Schneider published an article on DianeMontagna.substack.com about the Co-Redemptrix. Reprinted with permission.
They Could Not Have Been Mistaken: The Voice of the Saints, Doctors, and the Ordinary Magisterium of the Church in Affirming Mary as “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of All Graces”. By Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Over the course of time, the Ordinary Magisterium, together with numerous Saints and Doctors of the Church, have taught the Marian doctrines of Coredemption and Mediation, employing among other expressions the specific titles “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of All Graces.” Consequently, it cannot be maintained that the Ordinary Magisterium, along with Saints and Doctors of the Church over so many centuries, could have led the faithful astray through a consistently inappropriate use of these Marian titles. Moreover, throughout the ages, this Marian doctrine and the use of these titles have also expressed the sensus fidei—the sense of faith of the …More
Bishop Schneider: “Over the course of time, the Ordinary Magisterium, together with numerous Saints and Doctors of the Church, have taught the Marian doctrines of Coredemption and Mediation, employing among other expressions the specific titles ‘Co-Redemptrix’ and ‘Mediatrix of All Graces.’ Consequently, it cannot be maintained that the Ordinary Magisterium, along with Saints and Doctors of the Church over so many centuries, could have led the faithful astray through a consistently inappropriate use of these Marian titles.”
Regarding the truth conveyed by the Marian title Mediatrix of All Graces, Pope Benedict XVI taught: “The Tota Pulchra, the Virgin Most Pure, who conceived in her womb the Redeemer of mankind and was preserved from all stain of original sin, wishes to be the definitive seal of our encounter with God our Saviour. There is no fruit of grace in the history of salvation that does not have as its necessary instrument the mediation of Our Lady.” (Homily at the Holy Mass and Canonization of Fr Antônio de Sant'Ana Galvão, OFM, May 11, 2007).
It is a question of choice. Do we believe and accept the Magisterium or do we believe and accept a porno homosexual?
Jesus is the originator of graces but He chose His mother to be the distributor of all graces. Jesus is the Redeemer and Mary cooperated with Jesus in the redemption of the world. She is the woman in Genesis 3:15. She crushes the head of the serpent. This is God’s plan. She is therefore Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of all Graces. This is dogma officially documented by the popes (Pope Leo XIII) prior to Vatican II. According to Church dogma, true popes cannot error in teaching the Faith and morals.
Only Jesus is the originator and dispenser of grace. That is dogma.
The Blessed Mother is not a celebrity which the potentates can take away titles. She can never lose these honors which the Church bestowed upon Her.
Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Now my question is: Did the Vatican gag Mary? And if so, then would they not loosen the anger of God upon themselves? What Jesus said certainly has sequelae.
Even if she wasn't Co-Redemptrix before (she was), she become so by the act of charity by our Lord in His condescension to us on the Cross.