[Dutchboy88]

Because a very active, vocal group of RCs wish to emphasize the distinct character of their organization by keeping this minor player in the forefront. Such cultic adoration demands a rebuttal and replacement with the truth. What this writer provides about Mary is true and refutes the errant positions taken by the Romanists.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

It might interest you to know that not all Catholics think the same way. I for one am one Catholic who puts the Bible ahead of any dogma or doctrine that comes out of the Vatican. Church rules, rituals, liturgy, dogmas, and doctrines are always subject to change. Not the Bible. BTW-—there are many Catholics who think the same way I do. I see them every week at Mass. We are not all marching mindlessly in lockstep with every whim that comes from the Vatican.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I often wonder if the adoration of Mary is but a transformation by the Roman Church of the "Great Mother" of the various Mediterranean peoples.

[JesusIsLord]

Mary IS Jesus' mother. To describe her as a "minor player" in Christianity shows ignorance or intellectual dishonesty. Would you describe your mother as a "minor player" in your life?

Martin Luther's perspective:

"She is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God ... It is certain that Mary is the Mother of the real and true God."

John Calvin's perspective:

"Elizabeth called Mary Mother of the Lord, because the unity of the person in the two natures of Christ was such that she could have said that the mortal man engendered in the womb of Mary was at the same time the eternal God.....It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor...To this day we cannot enjoy the blessing brought to us in Christ without thinking at the same time of that which God gave as adornment and honour to Mary, in willing her to be the mother of his only-begotten Son."

Ulrich Zwingli's perspective:

"It was given to her what belongs to no creature, that in the flesh she should bring forth the Son of God...I firmly believe that Mary, according to the words of the gospel as a pure Virgin brought forth for us the Son of God and in childbirth and after childbirth forever remained a pure, intact Virgin...I esteem immensely the Mother of God, the ever chaste, immaculate Virgin Mary...Christ ... was born of a most undefiled Virgin...The more the honor and love of Christ increases among men, so much the esteem and honor given to Mary should grow."