*sigh*
Last time I checked it was commonly understood that "pretty much" is NOT synonymous with "absolutely." She's mentioned by name in Acts 1:14. Feel free to show me where she's mentioned by name in any of the rest of the NT.
Good grief...talk about your splitting hairs...
Seriously, this is theology here. It's about as much precision as we can muster. The mention in Acts is NOT trivial IMHO.
And EXACTLY, how immense is the attention Mary gets in the RC Church. How do you measure it? How much mention (if any) attention in the NT would justify the allegedly immense amount of attention paid to her?
Or, upon further review, would you say that your post amounted to little more than, "I think Catholics pay too much attention to Mary," And if more, then WHAT more?
I guess I'm suggesting in a round about way that making a slam against a religious entity is one thing. Making what amounts to a slam but looks like an argument is quite another thing. So the purpose of my response is to test whether it was an argument or just a slam.
Then, if it was just a slam, we can maybe enquire into what good is served by slamming a religious entity.