Jesus was the eldest was He not? According to Jewish law and tradition it would have fallen on Him to ensure her being looked after and cared for.
>>I have given you the Scriptural support for why Christians from the beginning have regarded Mary as their spiritual mother.<
All of which were stretched beyond credible and in contradiction of scripture itself.
Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
\ The church in Rome is of the bondwoman.
>>rather than accept Scripture that fully supports the Catholic belief<<
Then of course you could give scriptural proof of the bodily assumption of Mary and of the “universal consent” as to the woman in Revelation 12?
Roman Catholic theologian Father Hubert J. Richards agrees that the Revelation 12 woman refers to Israel. His book, What The Spirit Says to the Churches: A Key to the Apocalypse of John, carries the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church.13 Concerning the woman of Revelation 12, Father Richards writes: (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2831799/posts?page=1343#1343)
Roman Catholic theologian Father Hubert J. Richards agrees that the Revelation 12 woman refers to Israel. His book, What The Spirit Says to the Churches: A Key to the Apocalypse of John, carries the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church.13 Concerning the woman of Revelation 12, Father Richards writes: (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2831799/posts?page=1343#1343)
[24] The nihil obstat and imprimatur are a declaration that a book is considered to be free from doctrinal and moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted the nihil obstat and imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
As with nearly everything Catholic you have no idea what is meant by the things you try to use to “accuse” the Church.
More irony, in that Protestants continually harp about Catholics being unable to think or interpret Scripture for themselves, yet here YOU have posted proof that a Catholic disagrees with the Church regarding this verse from Revelation.
The interesting thing is that the Church, as it does with so much of Scripture understands that the both/and nature of the Holy Writ, something Protestants just can’t seem to grasp.
That is why the woman in Genesis and in Revelation can be Mary, Israel and the Church as all three fulfill all or some of what is written.
The WOMAN is seen at the beginning and at the end. Mary was at Jesus’ beginning and at His end.
Sorry, if these things are too deep for the one dimensional, black and white, Protestant.