[hopefulpilgrim]

You didn't convince me in 7656 that Christ is exalted by marianist doctrines. So I will say it again:

Christ is not exalted by venerating Mary and the saints.

[RobbyS]

Christ is not exalted by venerating Mary and the saints. A Protestant iconoclast is unlikely to be convinced, of anything that is outside his tradition. I was simply pointing out that since Jesus was raised to the level of Lord,the superior even of the emperor, then the way was opened for intermediaries.