If Mariology includes any acknowledgment of Mary, then where is Catholicism’s Adamology, or Paulology, or Johnology?
There is only one creature in the scripture that Catholics have an “ology” for - and that is Mary.
A sneeze and Hurricane Katrina both involve movement of air, but only one is a disaster.
As for charges of blasphemy, I’ve quoted your Pope. Let anyone who reads it decide for themselves if that is appropriate admiration for a woman blessed by God, or adoration belonging to God.
Do you think Mary enjoyed it when Jesus looked at her and called her, “Woman”? Judging from the mothers I’ve known, it stabbed her heart every time - and I believe Jesus HAD to do it to counter the worship of the “Queen of Heaven, Spouse of the Holy Spirit” that would arise in the Catholic Church.
When one stops calling Mary blessed by God, and starts calling her Mrs God, one crosses from respect to worship.
There was only one creature in scripture venerated by an archangel.
Seems worthy of an "ology".
Do you think Mary enjoyed it when Jesus looked at her and called her, “Woman”? Judging from the mothers I’ve known, it stabbed her heart every time - and I believe Jesus HAD to do it to counter the worship of the “Queen of Heaven, Spouse of the Holy Spirit” that would arise in the Catholic Church.
Well, FWIW, back when I was a protestant they taught me that "γυναι" was a respectful form of address. I always wondered how they knew that, but that's what those who enthusiastically repudiate the Catholic dogmata on Mary said.
I'm intrigued with the suggestion that IHS would be cruel to his mother in order to lay a predicate to argue against future theological errors. That's kind of a mariological statement.
When one stops calling Mary blessed by God, and starts calling her Mrs God, one crosses from respect to worship.
"bride of Christ".here and here. Or is it only blasphemous when applied to Mary?