[DungeonMaster]

This morning we want to focus on Mary and the Marian doctrines and devotions of the Catholic Church to see where in scripture do we see, not necessarily logical demonstrations that are brought forth from proof texts that kind of force the mind against the will to give in and to acquiesce in these beliefs, but where do we find in scripture the reflections and the illustrations and the assumptions and the conclusions that the Catholic Church affirms with regard to the Blessed Virgin Mary?

What a horrible sentence! It's almost impossible to read and very slippery in it's suggested use of the bible.

[papertyger]

What a horrible sentence! It's almost impossible to read and very slippery in it's suggested use of the bible.

Not really. Many NT citations of the OT would not follow logically without authoritative endorsement from NT writers.