Is Catholic devotion to Mary as "Queen of Heaven" borrowed from pagan goddess worship? Protestant critics point to Jeremiah 7 and 44 — but there's a far deeper biblical story they're missing. Catholic apologist and author Dave Armstrong joins Kenny Burchard to unpack the Old Testament office of the gebirah — the queen mother — and show why calling Mary "Queen of Heaven" isn't paganism. It's typology. From Bathsheba at Solomon's right hand to the crown-bearing woman of Revelation 12, the biblical pattern points directly to Mary as the queen mother of the ultimate Judahite King.

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** RELATED WEB PAGE

• Mary: the Blessed Virgin (section XI) - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2006/11/mary-blessed-virgin-index-page.html
• “Understanding the Assumption and Queenship of Mary” (Steve Ray) - https://web.archive.org/web/20161228155322/http://www.catholic-convert.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/AssumptionAndQueen2.pdf

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