emilio's writing blog

[ entry # 2. september 28, 2016 ]

a mildly interesting thought

We had our Theology class earlier. Though I myself am Christian by name and never in practice, I still found our Biblical readings interesting. A piece of advice to anyone who will take a class in Theology soon -- think of it as a deep literature subject. Literature is cool, right? As long as you have the interest to read and interpret all sorts of texts, this course should be fun for you. Because we got ourselves the college darling professor, there never had been a dull moment in all of our sessions with him so far.

We'd hold healthily lengthy discussions every meeting and majority of the class would actively participate in it. Even the quiet ones sitting at the back of the class had something to say. I too contributed my share of questions and ideas, and even when some of my statements would later on end up debunked, I still had fun. This was such a good learning experience for me. I had quite a bad history with religious education subjects in the past that this class took all of my prior boredom and distaste for the subject and threw it out of a window (fun fact: our classroom is up on the 9th floor. That would make a pretty bad crash).

Anyway, we talked about the relevance of Mary a while ago. Most denominations acknowledged her as the mother of Christ and that was that. The Catholics, however, held her to the highest regard. She was the queen mother among women.

I'll say it again this time -- while I'm in no way religious, I still find it fascinating and I would like to dedicate some of my time into uncovering why the Catholics made her out to be the icon that she remains to be in their eyes today. It's like she's on par with Christ or something. Wasn't the God-man supposed to be at the very top, on par with his Son?

I wonder what the women of other Christian denominations have to say about this.

-E