It’s All About Mary? — A Scripture-Based Examination of the Roman Catholic Defense of the Near-Deification of Mary

Wait, there’s more. Below in bold are some beliefs taken from an article about Mary. My comments are below…

Mary has a role in the history of salvation

The history OF salvation? More like the history BEFORE salvation in which she has no part. If we’re going to talk history, then let’s praise everyone from Christ’s death back to Adam as they all had a part in the history progressing up to His death. To say that Mary had a role in the history of salvation or salvation itself is rank heresy!

She is the “blessed Evangelical” Yeah right!

SHE is the “spotless bride and pilgrim sinner” (not sure what pilgrim sinner means) The only way she was spotless is if her garments did not have a spotted pattern!

She is the “daughter of Zion” “This means that when we praise and love Mary, it is God whom we praise for his gracious favor to his chosen handmaid.”

“Mary is the embodiment of grace alone and faith alone, and thus contemporary Protestants, along with the Reformers, should highly extol Mary in our theology and worship.” They have taken the attributes of Jesus and applied them to Mary.

“Can one truly honor Him and despise and ignore the woman who gave Him human birth?”

Mary was used of God as vessel in which to bring forth His son. She performed no action or decision whatsoever. Honoring Mary as the mother for giving birth is like saying “Happy Birthing Day” to the mother when it’s the child’s birthday.

“She bridges not only the Old and New Testaments at Jesus’ birth, but also the close of his earthly ministry and the birth of the church.”

She does not bridge the OT and NT through Jesus’ birth. In my personal opinion the bridge is Jesus himself - in that He has fulfilled the prophecies from the OT, in the NT including being the Savior of the Jews, the Gentiles, and ultimately the world. To God be all glory - not Mary.

“…her (Mary) faithfulness alone kept the church intact during Christ’s suffering on the cross.”

So without Mary’s faith, the church would have fallen to pieces? Pure fantasy!

“When all of the disciples (including Peter!) had fled in fear, Mary remained true to Christ and his word. Her fidelity unto the Cross showed that the true faith could be preserved in one sole individual, and thus Mary became the mother of the (true remnant) church.”

None of the gospels place Mary anywhere near Jesus during the trials, the scourging, or even while Peter fled prior to the crucifixion. To say that Mary was the sole individual that preserved faith means that no one else had faith. Even the crowd of Galilean women she was with far off, watching in horror with her also had no faith apparently.

“Mary stands, along with John the Baptist, at a unique intersection between the old and new covenants. Mary’s role points backward. In the gospels, she is the culmination of a prophetic lineage of pious mothers - Sarah, Rachel, Hannah, (and not forgetting Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth who appear in Matthews genealogy).”

That one really burns me up!!! To say that Mary is the culmination of a prophetic lineage means that she is the climax, that she is the highest point or degree, the very reason of the lineage. In other words she has overshadowed Jesus, making Jesus a minor player. Jesus should have received those majestic words that were erroneously attached to Mary and John the Baptist. Yet His name wasn’t mentioned once. Jesus will not be torn down from His throne to be replaced by anyone!

Mary is given much more credit than she deserves by far. She wasn’t with Jesus during His entire ministry, the last supper, the trials before the crucifixion, only John actually places her at the cross - the other gospels place her far away watching, she was not blessed with any gifts such as healing or casting our demons like the disciples, she wasn’t even called to preach the gospel. But she was chosen of God to bear His son and for that she is highly favored. Giving birth to Jesus was the largest role she played. And still, Jesus was the ’star’ and Mary had a supporting role at best.