i don’t know about demigoddess. She is able to hear and answer millions of prayers directed to her daily. She is able to deliver her followers from purgatory and hell. She is queen of heaven and worthy of total devotion . Nothing demi about it.
Delegated, not intrinsic.
As ultimately, all power and authority is.
The contradictions are crystal clear.
| The Glories of Mary | Scripture | |
| Lady in heaven, we have but one advocate, and that is thyself, and thou alone art truly loving and solicitous for our salvation. | 5For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5 |
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| But that she is so, is evident from the fact, that whatever the Mother asks for, the Son never denies her; and this was revealed to Saint Bridget. | 14This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 Jn 5:14 |
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| Saint Anselm says, ‘that as it is impossible for one who is not devout to Mary, and consequently not protected by her, to be saved,. | 28and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. Jn 10:27-28 |
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| St. Bonaventure notes: In thee, O Lady, have I placed all my hopes; and thus I confidently trust that I shall never be lost, but praise and love thee for ever in heaven | 9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; Rm 10:9 |
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| Saint Andrew of Crete, calls Mary, ‘a pledge, a security for our reconciliation with God.’, | who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, … Eph 1:13-14 |
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Alphonsus de Liguori, The Glories of Mary, (Tucker, London, 1868), 249. Liguori, 190. Ibid, 146. Ibid, 84. Ibid, 170.
For Mary to be able to respond to all the prayers of Roman Catholics she has to be practically omnipotent. Her ability to answer prayers would rival that of the Holy Spirit.
1.3 billion Catholics/86,400 seconds in a day = 15,197 prayers a second Mary has to be able to understand and answer if every Roman Catholic said one prayer a day to Mary.
Catholic membership found here: “Presentation of the Pontifical Yearbook 2019 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2017, 06.03.2019,” accessed March 29, 2019, https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/03/06/190306b.html.