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Darlene
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Posted: Fri Apr 27th, 2007 08:55 pm |
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Ok folks, I need/want some answers here. How do we know that Mary is Queen of Heaven AND earth? Where specifically does it say this? Did any of the early church fathers have anything to say about this? I already know about the verse in Revelation 12 which depicts Mary wearing a crown. But how else can we know that Mary is Queen of Heaven? And how can we know that she is Queen of earth? I want to be able to understand this type/symbol of Mary more clearly. Please somebody, help me out here.
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Darlene
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Posted: Fri Apr 27th, 2007 11:38 pm |
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Darlene wrote: Ok folks, I need/want some answers here. How do we know that Mary is Queen of Heaven AND earth? Where specifically does it say this?
Catholic Answers published an article in This Rock titled, Is Mary's Queenship Biblical?. The following is taken from this article:
In the monarchy of King David, as well as in other ancient kingdoms of the Near East, the mother of the ruling king held an important office in the royal court and played a key part in the process of dynastic succession. In fact, the king’s mother ruled as queen, not his wife.
The great pre-eminence of the king’s mother may seem odd from our modern Western perspective, in which we think of a queen as being the wife of a king. However, recall that most ancient Near-Eastern kings practiced polygamy. King Solomon had seven hundred wives (1 Kgs. 11:3)—imagine the chaos in the royal court if all seven hundred were awarded the queenship! But since each king had only one mother, one can see the practical wisdom in bestowing the queenship upon her.
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Probably the clearest example of the queen mother’s role is that of Bathsheba, wife of David and mother of Solomon. Scholars have noted the excellence of Bathsheba’s position in the kingdom once she became queen mother during Solomon’s rule. Compare the humble attitude of Bathsheba as spouse of King David (1 Kgs. 1:16–17, 31) with her majestic dignity as mother of the next king, Solomon (1 Kgs. 2:19–20). As spouse of the king, Bathsheba bows with her face to the ground and does obeisance to her husband, David, upon entering his royal chamber. In striking contrast, after her son Solomon assumed the throne and she became queen mother, Bathsheba receives a glorious reception upon meeting with her royal son:
There is no need for scripture to reference Mary as Queen, any more than to explain that as Keeper of the Keys, Peter is the Prime Minister, or to explain the power to bind and to loose. These things were as well understood in the culture of Jesus and the Apostles as representative democracy or constitutional monarchy are today. The very concept of such cultural assumptions of today as the ownership of property by women, or "human rights", or even "innocent until proven guilty" would have been unbelievable concepts two thousand years ago. Jesus was the King of heaven and earth, so of course his mother would be Queen of his domain. Peter, the Keeper of the Keys, literally has the power to open and close the gate to allow invaders in, or to keep them out. (That's why we commonly say St. Peter stands at the Pearly Gates. He's the Keeper of the Keys. He and his successors literally have the power to let us in or keep us out.)
Scripture requires that we have knowledge of the history and culture of the writers and the culture for which it was written. Such concepts as "Keeper of the Keys" and "Queen (Mother)" are part of the culture. Read the article above for more proof.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28th, 2007 02:15 pm |
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| Thanks for the pointer to the Catholic Answers tract. That helps me too. I am teaching a class on Mary next week. I will use this.
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