It’s not as simple as eisogesis. The RC’s have been challenged and they have provided scripture. That is commendable. Now it is a matter of determining if their scripture applies to Mary. Obviously, Mary is not mentioned in their scripture. Nor is any other clearly former human being.
It is more an interpretive task, and eisogesis is an issue, but I’d place analysis and interpretation before it.
“It is more an interpretive task, and eisogesis is an issue, but I’d place analysis and interpretation before it.”
When you start with a preconcluded belief and then go to the Bible and read that belief into anything that sounds similar, concluding it supports the elephant that followed you into the room, you are engaged in eisogesis. ie. Praying to saints, praying to Mary, etc.
When you start with God’s Holy Word, study it to understand language, sentence structure, context, historical context, etc. to rightly divide its meaning, you are engaged in interpretation. You are willing to accept what God has revealed in His Word, authoritatively, determining your beliefs and accepting what it teaches.
Doing the first is what mormons do with their “see and say” method of “interpretation”. They see a similar word and then infuse it with the meaning they started with.