If it's just a private arrangement, why is it included in what John says he wrote "that you may have life in [Jesus] name".
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Indeed!
After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
John 13:27
Using the new Campion Hermeneutic, Mary is your mother and you should quickly betray Christ.
Seems pretty simple to me.
They need someone to pray to in order to manipulate God, who is shown as an unloving and judgmental figure.
And if contorting Scripture means that they can keep ‘Mary’ between themselves and God, they’ll contort Scripture.
Sometimes I wonder if Roman Catholicism is just a big pile of daddy issues.