Mary is the chosen daughter of the Heavenly Father, mother of the Divine Son and spouse of the Holy Spirit. She is the Queen of Heaven according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. If God honored her so highly, we need not hesitate to honor her, provided we do not give her divine honor which belongs to God alone. From on the cross, Christ gave her to us as our Mother. She is able and ever ready to help us.
Your comment about Mary being chosen by God to bear His Son is accurate, and it is indeed a great honor, but that’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from Scripture. Her being the spouse of the Holy Spirit and the Queen of Heaven are not based in Scripture at all. At no point are we instructed to pray to any human or angel, and multiple times throughout Scripture men of God and angels alike immediately reject any attempt to worship and pray to them. Also, Jesus did not give Mary to the church collectively as a mother, he gave her to John as a mother so that she could be taken care of (it was a lot harder back then for women to be self sufficient than today).
We are not to base our beliefs on traditions of men, especially from a “church” that denies the most basic teachings of scripture like the fact that Jesus sacrifice alone was sufficient to pay for all our sins. The Catholics deny this and teach that indulgences or other works are needed to forgive sins in addition to Christ’s sacrifice. There is no other word to describe this doctrine than heresy.
Mary is the chosen daughter of the Heavenly Father, mother of the Divine Son and spouse of the Holy Spirit. She is the Queen of Heaven according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. If God honored her so highly, we need not hesitate to honor her, provided we do not give her divine honor which belongs to God alone. From on the cross, Christ gave her to us as our Mother. She is able and ever ready to help us.
Your comment about Mary being chosen by God to bear His Son is accurate, and it is indeed a great honor, but that’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from Scripture. Her being the spouse of the Holy Spirit and the Queen of Heaven are not based in Scripture at all. At no point are we instructed to pray to any human or angel, and multiple times throughout Scripture men of God and angels alike immediately reject any attempt to worship and pray to them. Also, Jesus did not give Mary to the church collectively as a mother, he gave her to John as a mother so that she could be taken care of (it was a lot harder back then for women to be self sufficient than today).
We are not to base our beliefs on traditions of men, especially from a “church” that denies the most basic teachings of scripture like the fact that Jesus sacrifice alone was sufficient to pay for all our sins. The Catholics deny this and teach that indulgences or other works are needed to forgive sins in addition to Christ’s sacrifice. There is no other word to describe this doctrine than heresy.
Sola Scriptura