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Containing the influence of Mary has been a recurring concern for the Church since the fourth century. As swells of Marian devotion among the laity arose repeatedly over the centuries, causing the Church to enlarge its official recognition of Mary’s spiritual presence and significance and to adopt a rich array of devotional practices, certain bishops and theologians in every era have eyed the Virgin warily. Such a huge female presence included with Christ in the central focus of the Catholic faith! Is this really necessary?
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See Vladimir Zelinsky, “Mary in the Mystery of the Church: The Orthodox Search for Unity,” in Mark Miravalle, ed., Mary: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate: Theological Foundations II — Papal, Pneumatological, and Ecumenical (Santa Barbara, CA: Queenship Publishing, 1996).
Martin Luther, “The Magnificat,” in Jaroslav Pelikan, ed., Luther’s Works (St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1956), vol. 21, p. 317.
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See Helen Hackett, Virgin Mother, Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995).
Pope Pius VI, cited in George H. Tavard, The Thousand Faces of the Virgin Mary (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1966), p. 205.
Andrew Greeley, “Our Lady’s Day in Harvest Time,” Myths of Religion (New York: Warner Books, 1989), pp. 347–348.
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Spretnak, C. (2004). Why the Church Deposed the Queen of Heaven. In: Missing Mary. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-7854-7_6
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