You can keep spinning it anyway you want. Bottom line is Roman Catholicism has elevated Mary to something not accorded to her in Scripture.
You can keep spinning it anyway you want. Bottom line is Roman Catholicism has elevated Mary to something not accorded to her in Scripture.
I agree that the Church has accorded to Mary things that have no direct basis in Scripture. The Church has never denied that; it believes that these things are divinely revealed through Tradition, handed down orally from Apostolic times. It is not my intention to spin that one way or another. It is what it is.
Bottom line in this discussion is that your statement that “Roman Catholicism has very subtly raised Mary to the status of Jesus and the Holy Spirit” is wrong. The Church has never asserted or implied that Mary has the same status as Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Church has always stated that any role Mary has is handed to her from God, and that without God, her role does not exist.