It is not true that St. John never mentions Mary again, — she has a chapter dedicated to her in Apocalypse — chapter 12.
St. Paul’s remark that women are sanctified in their childbearing is hard to understand other than if it is a reference to Mary.
It is also not true that the veneration of Mary makes her “more than the human mother of Christ” — this is precisely why she is venerated.
There is no direct sanction to venerate statues of saints specifically, but there is a passage in St. Paul how contemplation of icons brings us to holiness. Adoration of the Crucifix is mentioned twice that I can think of by St. Paul. There is, of course, a direct scriptural sanction to venerate relics of saints.
Unmitigated hogwash as has been demonstrated hereon repeatedly.
There is no positive proof that Mary is therein- There is a very good argument that the vision is representative of Israel, and that fits much better with the rest of the scripture. In that it is vision, and prophecy, and is subject to interpretation, we will not know for certain until such time as it is perfectly revealed.
St. Paul’s remark that women are sanctified in their childbearing is hard to understand other than if it is a reference to Mary.
Chapter and verse plz...
It is also not true that the veneration of Mary makes her “more than the human mother of Christ” — this is precisely why she is venerated.
Co-redemptrix and Co-mediatrix seem to be "more than the human mother of Christ".
There is no direct sanction to venerate statues of saints specifically, but there is a passage in St. Paul how contemplation of icons brings us to holiness. Adoration of the Crucifix is mentioned twice that I can think of by St. Paul. There is, of course, a direct scriptural sanction to venerate relics of saints.
Chapter and verse, plz...