Icons and Doctrinal Development - Suan Sonna

At 43:43, I realized that my comments need clarification. I believe that Mary would receive this prayer through Christ's power over heaven and earth and her Son would ultimately bring it to the Father. I'm being very specific here, because I believe it is God the Son who mediates between man and God the Father over something like "mercy" and "forgiveness". She would lovingly pass along this request of mine to the One who pleads my cause before the Father (1 John 2:1). I am simply glad that her motherly intercession was in the process. She would pray/speak to God (the Son) and God (the Father) would receive it. I think this is also the best way to understand the quote at the end: the saints, who have experienced Theosis/Christosis, bring my prayer to God and it is God the Son who pleads my case to the Father. Christ is absolutely essential in this process, because the saint on their own has no "pleading" power before The Father. That's the power of the Son. As I mentioned in the video, we all speak shorthand when we are comfortable or think our surrounding context would make sense of a specific comment. I hope that people will understand what I meant there just as Gavin had corrected me on the meaning of his comment "Typology isn't fulfillment." Patreon:   / intellectualcatholicism   Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Facebook:   / intellectualcatholicism   Suan Sonna is a Baptist convert to Catholicism who is dedicated to curating the best Catholic intellectual content on philosophy, politics, and theology. He is also passionate about engaging people outside of the Catholic tradition on issues relevant to the Church.