The last major advocate of that position was a bishop named Nestorius, but that was back in the 5th century some time, and he was slapped down quite hard (and excommunicated, I believe).
There is no need to be afraid of the Blessed Virgin standing between you and Christ. She stands beside you and always, always points the way to her Son. Remember her words to the servants at the marriage feast at Cana: "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it."
The leader of our bible study class told a moving story tonight. He told of his devoutly Catholic father-in-law who had a special devotion to Mary. He would scold his Father-in-law for his devotion and feed him passages about Jesus being the sole mediator. Normally the father-in-law would shrug it off, but finally he said he would reply with a story. The older man grew up in foster homes, normally Catholic, since the mother from whom he had been taken for her reglect of him was nominally a Catholic. The foster parents were not generous, and one in particul made him sleep in a cold attic. He did go to a Catholic school, however, and so being cold he would go early to school and go to the chapel to wait, since it was heated. There was a beutufuc statute of Mary, which he loved, He said, since I had no real mother, I will imagine I have a mother like her. At the base of the statue was the inscription: Doe what he tells you to do.” So he tried to do this. His answer to the son-in-law was this: why should I not love someone who pointed me to Christ? To this the son-in-law had no answer.
So why should people be so against someone who has never done anything excrept point to Christ, and say: Do what he tells you to do?
“There is no need to be afraid of the Blessed Virgin standing between you and Christ. She stands beside you and always, always points the way to her Son. Remember her words to the servants at the marriage feast at Cana: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
Yes, I believe she always points to Jesus, as all true witnesses do. She was a direct witness of Christ and her testimony is strong, especially what you quote “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
Jesus proclaimed that “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.” (John 14:6)
I highly recommend reading and studying John for yourself.