Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- intercesión
- Rejected alternatives
- intercesión de los santos o de la Virgen como mediadores necesarios ante Dios
Intercession
CRITICAL: Romans 8:26-27 (the Spirit’s intercession) and 8:34 (Christ’s intercession) describe direct divine intercession. Popular Catholic piety across the Spanish-speaking world centers intercessory prayer on the saints and the Virgin Mary as necessary mediators. This curriculum is not arguing against requesting others’ prayers, but must not let ‘intercesión’ default in the learner’s mind to saint or Marian mediation rather than Christ’s and the Spirit’s direct intercession.
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