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Last I checked, Montfort was not in the New Testament, and he didn't write in Greek. So why are we judging his work by the standards of the Greek NT, exactly?

Anyway even those Greek terms have a similarly wide application. Right from my Liddell-Scott: μεσίτης, "mediator, umpire, arbitrator", παράκλητος: "legal assistant, advocate" They have a special meaning in the NT, sure, but they are definitely not automatically indicative of divinity.

I really don't get why it's so important to you to stuff the alleged divinity of Mary into our mouths. I'm telling you flat out: we don't believe it. It is heresy from the depths of Hell, and the only place I've ever actually heard it is in Protestant polemics. People like you are virtually the only ones keeping this heresy alive.

Last I checked, Montfort was not in the New Testament, and he didn't write in Greek. So why are we judging his work by the standards of the Greek NT, exactly?

I agree...he's not in the NT...nor is any support for much of what is claimed by Roman Catholicism for Mary as noted by one of your fellow Roman Catholics.

However, he was declared a Doctor of the Church so the Roman Catholic cannot readily dismiss him.

As used in the context of the NT they are.

I'm not stuffing anything into your mouth.

I'm pointing out the contradictions between Roman Catholic claims regarding Mary and the New Testament.

I agree that to call Mary the titles assigned to her is heresy.

Roman Catholics don't like it when Montfort and others are brought to light with their writings regarding Mary. I can understand why.

Roman Catholic "Tradition" of all kinds is compared to the New Testament. The OT and NT are the only inspired texts we have.

We've been told Roman Catholic "Tradition" does not contradict the NT.

I'm showing this is not the case as it in fact does contradict the NT.

That's the issue.