[chesley]

No, sorry, I just can’t take that last step for the simple reason that regardless of how you believe and what you believe it means, taken at face value it DOES impute superiority to Mary.

[Cronos]

No, sorry, I just can’t take that last step for the simple reason that regardless of how you believe and what you believe it means, taken at face value it DOES impute superiority to Mary.

you're entitled to that.

Do also note that even the word "Trinity" can impute 3 gods, not a triune god -- even Hindus have a Trinity of three separate gods: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. So, while words can, at face value, mean something else, there are deeper reasons for the words.