Do Catholics believe in Mary

Answer 1

No, a true Catholic HAS to believe in Mary, as should ALL Christians.

Clarification:

Anyone claiming to be Christian proclaims a beief in Mary each time they recite the Nicene Creed. One cannot be a Chrisitan without a befief in Mary.

Answer 2

Catholic AnswerFirst of all, Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church. Second, it depends on what you mean by "believe in Mary". Catholics believe as in adore and glorify only God. Our Blessed Lady was only human, and a creature of God. However, she was the pinnacle of His creation, and the only human being (outside of Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, and Adam and Eve) who was created sinless from the moment of her conception. Catholics believe that Our Blessed Lord loves and honors His Mother, and, as we try to imitate Him in all things, so do we. There are four "beliefs" that Catholics hold as dogmatically revealed about Our Blessed Lady:

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1) She is the Mother of God, this was defined at the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D.

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2) She was Immaculately Conceived, this was defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854.

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3) The Assumption, at the end of her life, God assumed her into heaven. This was defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950.

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4) She was a perpetual virgin, this was defined by Pope Paul IV, in his Constitution, Cum Quorumdam Hominum, of 1555, in which he expressed the constant teaching of the Catholic Church concerning both the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and the perpetual virginity of Mary.

Answer 3

Yes, Catholics believe in Mary, that she was immaculatly conceived, that she was the mother of God, that she was aperpetual virgin and at the end of her time on earth she was assumed into heaven.

Answer 4

Yes. Along with her son, Jesus and all of the saints in addition to her.