St. Louis Marie de Montfort (one of the giants in the history of Catholic Marian devotion) wrote:<\/p>\n
We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek \u2014 Jesus, her Son.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Catholics think in terms of \u201cboth\/and\u201d rather than making false and unnecessary dichotomies (\u201ceither\/or\u201d). This is also the Hebrew and biblical outlook. Doing Jesus\u2019 will honors Jesus; so does honoring His mother, which (as it says above) is always intended as primarily honor and glory to the Son, Who made His very mother, as He willed.<\/p>\n
Honoring His mother is<\/strong><\/em> honoring Him<\/em>, in Catholic \/ biblical both\/and thinking. The problem in many forms of Protestant thinking is persistent false dichotomies. Honor of anyone besides God is regarded as detracting from His honor and necessarily idolatry. Catholics recognize distinctions between adoration and veneration, and also follow the notion of worshiping God through His creation. Thus, St. Paul writes:<\/p>\nRomans 1:20<\/strong> (RSV) Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnalogously, we can say, \u201cJesus\u2019 eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things [in this instance, Mary] that have been made.\u201d That\u2019s both\/and thinking.<\/p>\n
Stating \u201cwe never give more honor\u201d is not saying that it is the highest<\/em> or only<\/em> form of honoring Christ; only that no other form could give more<\/em> honor. Technically, then, one could also say, in line with the meme, that \u201cwe never give more honor to Christ than simply do what He says.\u201d They could both be on the highest level. And indeed they are! Moreover, the saint makes the following equation: \u201cwe honour her simply and solely to honour him.\u201d<\/p>\nThe biblical motif of imitating holy people is similar to veneration (see: Rom 11:14; 1 Cor 4:15-16; 11:1-2; Phil 3:17; 4:9; 1 Thess 1:6-7; 2:9-14; 3:7-9; 1 Tim 4:12; 2 Tim 3:10-14; Heb 6:12; 13:7; Jas 5:10-11; 1 Pet 3:1-2; 5:2-3).<\/p>\n
St. Paul makes it clear more than once that imitating him is in complete harmony with the notion of imitating Christ, whom Paul is imitating (see, e.g., Ephesians 5:1: \u201cTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children:): \u201cBe imitators of me, as I am of Christ\u201d (1 Cor 11:1); \u201cAnd you became imitators of us and of the Lord . . .\u201d (1 Thess 1:6). It\u2019s not either\/or.<\/p>\n
By analogy, it is altogether proper to venerate and honor saints, who have more perfectly attained God\u2019s likeness (Matt 22:30; 1 Cor 13:9-12; 2 Cor 3:18; Phil 3:21; Heb 11:40; 1 Jn 3:2; Rev 21:27; 22:14), in light of the example of how \u201cheroes of the faith\u201d are regarded (Hebrews 11) and also the biblical injunctions to honor all sorts of people:<\/p>\n
1) All men (Rom 12:10; 1 Cor 12:23-26; 1 Pet 2:17).
\n2) The emperor (1 Pet 2:17).
\n3) Government authorities (Rom 13:6-7).
\n4) Fathers and mothers (Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16; Eph 6:2).
\n5) Widows (1 Tim 5:3).
\n6) Elders, preachers, and teachers in the Church (1 Tim 5:17).
\n7) Wives (1 Pet 3:7; cf. Gen 30:20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
King Asa was honored after his death:<\/p>\n
2 Chronicles 16:14<\/strong> They buried him in the tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier which had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer\u2019s art; and they made a very great fire in his honor. (cf. 21:19, showing that this was a general practice)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nKing Hezekiah was also so honored:<\/p>\n
2 Chronicles 32:33<\/strong> And Hezeki\u2019ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThere are many more examples in the Bible of veneration of both men and angels (often as direct representatives of God):<\/p>\n
Genesis 18:1-4, 22<\/strong> And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. [2] He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself [shachah] to the earth, [3] and said, \u201cMy lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. [4] Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, . . . [22] So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the LORD.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe text in-between goes back and forth, referring to \u201cmen\u201d or \u201cthey\u201d or \u201cthem\u201d (18:9, 16) and \u201cThe LORD\u201d or first-person address from God (18:10, 13-14, 17-21) interchangeably, for the same phenomenon and personal \/ physical \/ verbal encounter.<\/p>\n
Joshua 5:13-15<\/strong> When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, \u201cAre you for us, or for our adversaries?\u201d [14] And he said, \u201cNo; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.\u201d And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped [shachah], and said to him, \u201cWhat does my lord bid his servant?\u201d [15] And the commander of the LORD\u2019s army said to Joshua, \u201cPut off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand is holy.\u201d And Joshua did so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA \u201cman\u201d is equated with God also in Genesis 32:24, 30. The Angel of the Lord is sometimes referred to as God Himself, but not always; and is venerated. So, for example:<\/p>\n
Judges 13:15-22<\/strong> Mano\u2019ah said to the angel of the LORD, \u201cPray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you.\u201d [16] And the angel of the LORD said to Mano\u2019ah, \u201cIf you detain me, I will not eat of your food; but if you make ready a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD.\u201d (For Mano\u2019ah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.) [17] And Mano\u2019ah said to the angel of the LORD, \u201cWhat is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?\u201d [18] And the angel of the LORD said to him, \u201cWhy do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?\u201d [19] So Mano\u2019ah took the kid with the cereal offering, and offered it upon the rock to the LORD, to him who works wonders. [20] And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano\u2019ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground. [21] The angel of the LORD appeared no more to Mano\u2019ah and to his wife. Then Mano\u2019ah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. [22] And Mano\u2019ah said to his wife, \u201cWe shall surely die, for we have seen God.\u201d (cf. 6:12-16, 20-23)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis passage is remarkable in that it goes back and forth between God (13:16, 19, 22) and the angel of the Lord (or of God) as His direct representative (13:15-18, 20-21 and in the larger passage, 13:3, 6, 9, 13). The angel is honored (v. 17), they fall on their faces to worship (v. 20) and at length the angel is equated with God as His visible manifestation (v. 22). But the difference between the angel and God is highlighted by the angel being described as a \u201cman of God\u201d (13:6, 8) and \u201cthe man\u201d (13:10-11).<\/p>\n
The angel of the Lord is also equated with God (theophany) in Gen 31:11-13; Jud 2:1; but differentiated from God as well, as a representative: (2 Sam 24:16; 1 Ki 19:6-7; 2 Ki 19:35; Dan 3:25, 28; 6:23; Zech 1:8-14).<\/p>\n
The Bible, in summary, is quite clear: there is an occasional use of angels or men as direct representatives of God, and they are \u201cworshiped\u201d [i.e., venerated] only insofar as they represent God, as a visual image or object, through whom God is working and communicating. But veneration is strictly separated from the adoration due to God alone (see: Acts 10:25-26; Rom 1:25; Col 2:18; Rev 22:8-9). Everything has to be considered together, as a whole.<\/p>\n
All of this explicit biblical evidence is precisely in line with what the Catholic Church teaches. It is the outright prohibition of all veneration and honor of creatures whatever that is a grossly unbiblical notion. Moreover, \u201cworship\u201d is used in a wider (literary) sense of showing reverence or obeisance to men of authority (in this instance, a king), in 1 Chronicles 29:20: \u201cAnd David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped [shachah] the LORD, and the king\u201d (KJV). RSV has: \u201cworshiped the LORD, and did obeisance to the king,\u201d but it is one Hebrew word applied to both.<\/p>\n
The Bible tells us to \u201chonor all men\u201d \u2014 so we think that the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who was God, is worthy of great honor: above all other creatures. And (as shown above), the ultimate and primary aim in honoring and venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary, is to worship and honor and adore her Son.<\/p>\n
*****<\/p>\n
Meta Description:\u00a0Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for the veneration of Mary, and of Jesus through Mary.<\/p>\n
Meta Keywords:\u00a0Catholic Mariology, devotion to Mary, dulia, honoring Mary, hyperdulia, latria, Mariology, veneration of Mary, Veneration of saints, worship<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Detail of The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Saints (1504), by\u00a0Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio (1483-1561) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons] *** [originally published at Catholic365.com.\u00a0As of 6-3-16, after 13 months, it had been shared 6,900 times on Facebook] *** St. Louis Marie de Montfort (one of the giants in the history of Catholic Marian devotion) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":7874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[508,2806,2389,2386,2805,2388,2356,2385,263,516],"class_list":["post-7870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blessed-virgin-mary","tag-catholic-mariology","tag-devotion-to-mary","tag-dulia","tag-honoring-mary","tag-hyperdulia","tag-latria","tag-mariology","tag-veneration-of-mary","tag-veneration-of-saints","tag-worship"],"yoast_head":"\n
Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-03T22:30:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-19T17:04:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/06\/MaryQueenofHeaven2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dave Armstrong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dave Armstrong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html\",\"name\":\"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-03T22:30:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-19T17:04:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/471eaa20e441eca4bb1ea50393cf632e\"},\"description\":\"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/\",\"name\":\"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism\",\"description\":\"Catholic biblical apologetics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/471eaa20e441eca4bb1ea50393cf632e\",\"name\":\"Dave Armstrong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/820e6db89734ae7a9e5dac8d498f5ac7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/820e6db89734ae7a9e5dac8d498f5ac7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dave Armstrong\"},\"description\":\"Dave Armstrong is a Catholic author and apologist, who has been actively proclaiming and defending Christianity since 1981, and Catholicism in particular since 1991 (full-time since December 2001). Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \\\"This Rock\\\" (now called \\\"Catholic Answers Magazine\\\"), \\\"Envoy Magazine\\\" (Patrick Madrid), \\\"The Catholic Answer,\\\" \\\"The Coming Home Journal,\\\" \\\"Gilbert Magazine\\\" (American Chesterton Society), and \\\"The Latin Mass.\\\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \\\"The Michigan Catholic\\\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \\\"Catholic Answers Live\\\" (twice), \\\"Faith and Family Live\\\" (Steve Wood), \\\"Kresta in the Afternoon,\\\" \\\"Son Rise Morning Show,\\\" \\\"Catholic Connection\\\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \\\"The Catholics Next Door.\\\" His large and popular website, \\\"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\\\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \\\"Envoy Magazine.\\\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \\\"index\\\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \\\"Surprised by Truth\\\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \\\"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\\\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \\\"The Catholic Verses\\\" (2004), \\\"The One-Minute Apologist\\\" (2007), \\\"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\\\" (2009), \\\"The Quotable Newman\\\" (editor: 2012), and \\\"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\\\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \\\"The New Catholic Answer Bible\\\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \\\"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\\\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \\\"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\\\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \\\"Quotable Wesley\\\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. They have three sons and a daughter, and reside in southeast Michigan (metro Detroit).\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LuxVeritatisApologetics\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/author\/davearmstrong\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons","description":"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons","og_description":"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html","og_site_name":"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798","article_published_time":"2016-06-03T22:30:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-04-19T17:04:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/06\/MaryQueenofHeaven2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dave Armstrong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dave Armstrong","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html","name":"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-06-03T22:30:34+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-19T17:04:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/471eaa20e441eca4bb1ea50393cf632e"},"description":"Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong provides 50 biblical reasons for venerating Mary, and of Jesus through Mary. It's completely biblical!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/06\/honoring-jesus-thru-mary-50-biblical-reasons.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/","name":"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism","description":"Catholic biblical apologetics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/471eaa20e441eca4bb1ea50393cf632e","name":"Dave Armstrong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/820e6db89734ae7a9e5dac8d498f5ac7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/820e6db89734ae7a9e5dac8d498f5ac7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dave Armstrong"},"description":"Dave Armstrong is a Catholic author and apologist, who has been actively proclaiming and defending Christianity since 1981, and Catholicism in particular since 1991 (full-time since December 2001). Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. They have three sons and a daughter, and reside in southeast Michigan (metro Detroit).","sameAs":["https:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LuxVeritatisApologetics"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/author\/davearmstrong"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"MaryQueenofHeaven2\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/06\/MaryQueenofHeaven2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n