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Mary in Catholic Teaching

Mary was a blessed and believing woman who rejoiced in God her Saviour, but Rome's dogmas of her immaculate conception, perpetual virginity, and assumption, and its devotion to her as Mediatrix and Queen, rest on tradition rather than Scripture and give her a place that belongs to Christ alone.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

What Scripture says about Mary, and how to honor her as the Bible does

2

What Rome teaches in its four Marian dogmas, and when each was defined

3

Why the Immaculate Conception, perpetual virginity, and Assumption are not taught in Scripture

4

Why Christ alone is Mediator and King, and how to speak of Mary with Catholic friends

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