MaryWorship-Notes

Mary Worship?

A Study of Catholic Practice and Doctrine

Bibliography, Resources and End Notes

Mary Ann Collins
(A Former Catholic Nun)

 

June 2001
Revised January 2006

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aardsma, Gerald E. “Geocentricity and Creation”, in “Vital Articles on Science/Creation,” July 1994, Impact No 253, Santee, California: Institute of Creation Research.

Bloesch, Donald G., “Essentials of Evangelical Theology,” Volume 1, San Francisco, California: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1982.

“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” Washington, DC: U.S. Catholic Conference, 2000.

“Code of Canon Law,” Latin-English edition, New English Translation, Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1999.

Cruz, Joan Carroll, “Miraculous Images of Our Lady: 100 Famous Catholic Statues and Portraits,” Rockford, Illinois: Tan Books & Publishers, 1994. This Catholic devotional book has 125 pictures, 32 of which are full color.

Davis, Philip G. “Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality,” Dallas, Texas: Spence Publishing Company, 1998.

De Rosa, Peter, “Vicars of Christ: The Dark Side of the Papacy,” Dublin, Ireland: Poolbeg Press, 1988, 2000. The author used to be a priest. He is still a practicing Catholic. While he was a priest, he did research in the Vatican archives.

Elwell, Walter A. (editor), “Evangelical Dictionary of Theology,” Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1984.

Heintz, Peter. “A Guide to Apparitions of Our Blessed Virgin Mary,” Part I, 20th Century Apparitions, Sacramento, California: Gabriel Press. This is a Catholic devotional book that covers 60 apparitions in detail. The book is out of print but you can get it at the following website:

http://www.marianland.com/101books.html

Johnson, Paul, “A History of Christianity,” New York: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, 1995. The author is a Catholic.

McCarthy, James G., “The Gospel According to Rome: Comparing Catholic Tradition and the Word of God,” Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 1995. The author is a former Catholic.

“Queenship Jubilee Year 2000 Catalog,” Queenship Marian Center for World Peace. This Catholic catalog has a section called “Vox Populi” where they promote books supporting the doctrine that Mary is our Advocate, Mediator, and Co-Redemptrix. They also promote petitions asking the Pope to officially give Mary those titles, and give information about the status of the petition.

Runnion-Bareford, David, “Uncloseting the Goddess: A Look at Emerging Feminist, Neo-Paganism in the Church through the Open Door of Re-Imagining,” Candia, New Hampshire: Biblical Witness Fellowship, 1994.

Tetlow, Jim, “Messages from Heaven,” Fairport, New York: Eternal Productions, 2002. You can order it from D&K Press (800﷓777﷓8839).

Webster, William, “The Church of Rome at the Bar of History,” Carlisle, Pennsylvania: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1995. The author is a former Catholic.

VIDEOS AND DVD’s

“Catholicism: Crisis of Faith” (video and DVD) by James G. McCarthy. You can buy this from D&K Press (800﷓777﷓8839). The video is available in English and Spanish. The DVD is multi-lingual (English, Spanish, German, Korean, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese, and Tagalag). (Tagalag is the language of the Philippines.)

“Messages from Heaven” (video and DVD) by Jim Tetlow. The DVD is multi-lingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Polish). You can order it by phone from LaBarge Media (877-370-7770)

Notes

1. The “Catechism of the Catholic Church ” comes in numerous editions and languages. Because it has numbered paragraphs, statements can be accurately located in spite of the variety of editions. You can get the book in regular bookstores and at Amazon.com.2. Paul Johnson, “A History of Christianity,” page 308. Paul Johnson is a Catholic.

3. Peter Heintz, “A Guide to Apparitions of Our Blessed Virgin Mary,” pages 151-164. The author is a Catholic. The following web site gives a brief summary of the events, including the rose petals, but it fails to mention the forceful Church politics involved:

http://198.62.75.1/www1/apparitions/pr00013.htm

4. James G. McCarthy, “The Gospel According to Rome: Comparing Catholic Tradition and the Word of God,” pp. 181-184; 199-200.

5. A picture of Pope John Paul II kneeling in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Notice that the statue is wearing a crown.

http://www.harpazo.net/images/consecrationSM.jpg

If you do an “image” search at Google, you should find some pictures of Our Lady of Fatima wearing a gold crown. Go to Google’s home page. You will see some words that are underlined. Click on “Images.” Then search for “Our Lady of Fatima”.

http://www.Google.com

6. Joan Carrol Cruz, “Miraculous Images of Our Lady: 100 Famous Catholic Portraits and Statues.” Following page 238 there are 32 pages with full color pictures, numbered 328-1, 328-2, etc. Statue of Our Lady of the Rosary, color picture on page 238-18, text and 2 black-and-white pictures on pages 367-372. Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, color picture on page 238-22, text and 1 black-and-white picture on pages 419-421. Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, color picture on page 238-16, text and 1 black-and-white picture on pages 407-409. Picture of Our Lady of Kazan, color picture on page 238-15, text and 1 black-and-white picture on pages 297-400. Statue of Our Lady of Alotting, color picture on page 238-10, text and 3 black-and-white pictures on pages 115-119. Statue of Our Lady of the Pillar, color pictures on pages 238-2 and 238-7. (The picture on 238-7 is a close-up of the crown and sunburst, showing the jewels clearly.) Text and 4 black-and-white pictures are on pages 401-406.

7. Jim Tetlow, “Messages from Heaven,” page 7. (The author is a former Catholic.)

8. Jim Tetlow, page 7.

9. William Webster, “The Church of Rome at the Bar of History,” page 87.

10. In the Encyclical “Intersodalicia” (1918). Quoted in Donald G. Bloesch, “Essentials of Evangelical Theology,” Volume 1, page 196.

11. In the Encyclical of February 2, 1849. Quoted in Donald G. Bloesch, “Essentials of Evangelical Theology”, Volume 1, page 196.

12. “Queenship Jubilee Year 2000 Catalog,” page 92. This is a catalog of the Queenship Marian Center for World Peace, which promotes the doctrine of Mary as Advocate, Mediator, and Co﷓Redemptrix. It also promotes the petition. The catalog gives information about the petition's progress, and about church leaders who support the doctrine.

13. William Webster, “The Church of Rome at the Bar of History,” pages 72-77.

14. William Webster, pages 79-80.

15. William Webster, pages 81-85.

16. Philip G. Davis, “Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality,” pages 29-33. The author is a university professor who wrote this book because of his concern about Wiccan teaching at his university.

17. If you do an Internet search for “Queen of Heaven,” you will find two kinds of websites--Catholic and Wiccan. I also did a search for “hidden children” + “Queen of Heaven” and found a number of Wiccan websites. A search for “hidden children” + “goddess” also led to Wiccan websites. So Wiccans consider themselves to be the hidden children of their goddess.

18. Philip G. Davis, pages 3-4 and 28-29.

David Runnion-Bareford, “Uncloseting the Goddess: A Look at Emerging Feminist, Neo-Paganism in the Church through the Open Door of Re-Imagining” (Candia, NH: Biblical Witness Fellowship, 1994). You can read this book online.

http://www.biblicalwitness.org/uncloseting.htm

An on-line report (with photographs) of the 1998 conference.

http://www.layman.org/layman/news/reimagining﷓revival.htm

19. Wiccan websites that feature Mary as a goddess.

http://www.goddess2000.org/Mary.html
http://www.thewhitemoon.com/mary/main.html
http://www.spiralgoddess.com/Mary.html

20. William Webster, “The Church of Rome at the Bar of History,” pages 22-33. For a description of how pious practices can become official Catholic doctrine, and how this conflicts with both Scripture and the writings of the Early Fathers, see James G. McCarthy, “The Gospel According to Rome: Comparing Catholic Tradition and the Word of God,” pages 281-309.

21. William Webster, pages 34-55.

22. William Webster, pages 56-63.

23. William Webster, pages 63-71.

24. Gerald E. Aardsma, “Geocentricity and Creation,” “Vital Articles on Science/Creation” July 1994. Information about Aristotle's influence on Thomas Aquinas comes from a class on Metaphysics which I took at a Catholic college.

25. “Ineffabilis Deus” (“Apostolic Constitution on the Immaculate Conception”). Encyclical of Pope Pius IX issued December 8, 1854. Near the end of this papal bull there is a section entitled “The Definition”. The statements that I described are in the last paragraph of that section. You can read this encyclical online. If the following links don’t work, then do an Internet search for “Ineffabilis Deus”.

http://www.newadvent.org/docs/pi09id.htm
http://www.geocities.com/papalencyclicals/Pius09/p9ineff.htm

26. Paul Johnson, “A History of Christianity,” page 308.

27. James G. McCarthy, “The Gospel According to Rome: Comparing Catholic Tradition and the Word of God”, pages 181-184 and 199-200.

28. This video covers a broad range of topics, including Mary. The producer is a former Catholic.

29. Jim Tetlow, “Messages from Heaven,” pages 3-7. Jim Tetlow also produced a video with the same title. If you can afford to get both, I recommend it. The book gives a lot of information and it is thoroughly documented. The author is a former Catholic.

30. Video, “Messages from Heaven,” produced by James Tetlow. You can watch it online.

http://www.harpazo.net/EternalProductions/ApparitionsofMary/

31. Some Catholic devotional practices and beliefs about Mary

Quotations from popes who exalted Mary.

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/IMARY.html

Mary’s Names and Titles

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/MNames.html

The Rosary

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/Rosary.html

The Litany

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/Litany.html

Dr. Ken Lawson, “Mary Around the World.” (A series of articles about cultural devotion to Mary).

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/MaryLawson.html

Excerpts from some Catholic articles about Mary.

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/RCA.html