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"As the Catholic Encyclopedia states, "By the sixteenth century, as evidenced by the spiritual struggles of the Reformers, the image of Mary had largely eclipsed the centrality of Jesus Christ in the life of believers."

You need to cut and paste from more credible websites. The citation above does NOT appear in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

You need to read more carefully before posting. I was quoting the one to whom I replied. In his own presentation of the information was cited the version from which he quoted Robert C. Broderick, ed., The Catholic Encyclopedia, revised and updated; NY: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1987, pp.32,33

There are more than a few versions of 'Catholic Encyclopedia' being that is has been published and updated since at least 1909. What is seen today on the web may not mirror precisely the 1987 Edition, although much found in what is accessible in today's online version has been a part of that 'work' for some time.

Do you have a 1987 Edition? If so, study it and tell us which page the quote is not to be found. Oh wait...the page numbers have been given. Not having a precise "edition" of such work accessible to myself, I ask the readership here if any do, and if they would read pages 32 and 33, then get back to us.

The phrase which you object to is cited elsewhere also, but as usual, when encountering challenging information ---what is the knee-jerk reaction but to impugn the integrity of the source(s).

Towards those not so "twitchy", the exact phrase in dispute was cited as from Catholic Encyclopedia in;

Fast Facts on Roman Catholicism

with an online version available for review the phrase in question found in publication here with additional information, citation and references here also.