My in-laws are Catholic and they say the Virgin Mary is the queen of Heaven. They pray to her all the time and say she sends them gifts from heaven, too. Is this what Protestants also believe?
2007-05-25 05:16:22 · 22 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Protestants ignore Mary. They're afraid of the divine feminine. Catholics at least retain some mysticism in their beliefs, including the belief that a woman could have been sacred. Protestants reject that utterly.
2007-05-25 05:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No. Most Protestants have very little respect for Mary. They barely consider her human, but rather refer to her as "a vessel".
There is a "Queen of Heaven" mentioned in the Old Testament, but this is not the same "Queen of Heaven" that Catholics consider Mary. Protestants cannot understand that a title can refer to different people at different times. In some place in the Bible, Jesus is called the rock. In a different place, Peter is called the rock.
Mary is refered to as the "Queen of Heaven" to honor her as the greatest of all the saints in Heaven. Mary has the distinction of being the first to recognize Jesus as the Christ, His first disciple, and the person closest to the Messiah.
"Queen of Heaven" also refers to her relationship with Jesus. Jesus is called "King of Kings" and the mother of the king is known as the "Queen Mother"
2007-05-25 05:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It really doesn't matter what Protestants think since they "protested" from the Church and have made up their own theology which contradicts much of the Church's early teachings.
For the first 1000 years of Christian history, the entire Church, except for the heretics, embraced and defended the New Testament apostolic faith. This was called "the Orthodox faith" by all Christians, including Catholics which only means "universal."
Protestants get their theology from independant interpretations of the Holy Scriptures which were developed by the Church Jesus Christ founded. Nowhere in Scriptures does it teach Sola Scriptura. Jesus founded the Church and gave authority, like it or not, to Peter and the Apostles. There is Holy Tradition, or Church Teachings, which came about 300 years before the entire Bible was even available.
Protestants are well meaning people, but with bad theology. They don't know the Scriptures or they would come back to the New Testament Church founded by Jesus Christ which has been presrved by the Eastern Orthodox Church. But man is proud and wants to do things their way and not submit to any type of authority. There are over 30K protestant churches and many cults that have broken off because of personal interpretation of Scriptures.
I doubt that Catholics pray directly to Mary, but it is very Biblical to ask others, who are in the Body of Christ, to pray for us. See Revelation 5:8. 8:3-4.
Christ conquered death and those who are of His body whether or not present on earth are in communion with one another. It is not talking to the dead to ask a person to pray for us who has departed from this earth because there is no more death for those in Christ. Those who have passed into the next life are more alive an closer to God than anyone here on earth.
2007-05-25 05:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a Baptist. We don't consider ourselves to be protestant, because a form of the Baptist denomination dates back before there was the protestant reformation. And I can not speak for all Baptists', but as far as I know, we do not believe Mary is the Queen of Heaven. The Bible does not say that there is a Queen in Heaven. I am sure that Mary is honored in Heaven, but just how, no one really knows.....this side of Heaven.
2007-05-25 05:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by loufedalis 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just clarify, Catholics venerate and honor Mary, but there is still only One God, (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). Mary is not a God and that is Catholic teaching.
Remember King David? How many wives did he have? He had a concubine!! Who was queen? Which one would he give it to? The queen was his mother, the "Queen Mother".
Jesus is the new "King of the Jews". Likewise, his mother is the "Queen Mother". (Remember that he had no wife.)
She is the premier creation of all created things because she was preserved by a singular grace of God to be preserved from Original Sin. The reason she was made sinless is because her body was the tabernacle of God Incarnate, Jesus. He who is without sin would not be formed in a sinful vessel.
Because of her relation to Jesus, she is given the title of "Queen of Heaven" and is placed above the angels. This should be too hard to believe because the Psalms even talk about how humans are placed above the angels.
2007-05-25 05:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin B 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not really. Protestants only pray to God/Jesus. Protestants don't pray to Mary or any Saint. I've never heard any Protestant refer to Mary as "The Queen of Heaven." I don't think Protestants speculate much on anyones "rank" in Heaven.
2007-05-25 05:23:19 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, we do not. She was a human being who was blessed to be the vessel by which the Savior of the world could be conceived, grow and be born. However, where she was devout, she was hardly sinless. The only sinless person to ever walk the Earth was Jesus. When she died, her soul went to Heaven, just as does the soul of any other person who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ.
2007-05-25 05:31:22 · answer #7 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Praying to Mary is having a false god. The scriptures say that you must pray to Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ only & not anyone else.
2007-05-25 05:42:56 · answer #8 · answered by Luv&Rockets 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No we do not believe this.
Mary was an exceptional woman because she was chosen to be the mother of our Lord.
But, she also needed to receive Christ as her Lord and savior and she did that. We are all Kings and Priests for God.
2007-05-25 06:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!! Protestants understand that Mary was the mother of the Lord Jesus, Who came to save the world, and therefore she is to be honored - she was more than willing to be Jesus' mother. But she was a sinner like the rest of us......she even called her son 'My Lord'.......she needed His saving grace like the rest of us. Thank God she was obedient....but she is not the Queen of Heaven. The Bible does not support this at all.
2007-05-25 05:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋