Coronation of Mary

 BASIC R.C. BELIEF

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From AN EXPLANATION OF THE BALTIMORE CATECHISM, page 273, "In this last mystery (the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin in heaven), we consider our blessed Lady just after her entrance into heaven, being received by her divine Son, our blessed Lord, and being crowned queen of heaven (Ed-see Jeremiah 44:17) over all the angels and saints."

POST VATICAN II

From WOMAN CROWNED WITH STARS by Michael Malone (Imprimatur: Bishop Sullivan, Baton Rouge, 1981). "Our Blessed Mother's Rosary concludes with the Mystery of the Coronation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary as Queen of all creation; however, the crowning of Our Lady is not the culmination, but the actual commencement, of all that has even happened from the very beginning of time."

When Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary Nov. 1, 1950, it was stated that she went, body and soul, to Heaven, where she was crowned. In Roman Catholic thought and theology, she is revered as Queen of Heaven.

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

The Queen of Heaven is the name for the female deity often pictured with a baby at her breast. In Jeremiah 44:17 we read of the backslidden Jews burning incense and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven. This was an abomination (vs. 22).

When unconverted pagans were welcomed into the degenerate church from around the 4th century, they brought with them this concept of female deity, and this was "Christianized" and became the cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary.