Denied Quote by John Calvin

Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.

— Martin Luther

“One can go to Our Lord Jesus or the Most Holy Trinity directly, not excluding, however, the most holy Mother, for to tend toward…

— St. Maximilian Kolbe

“Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother…

— Osamu Dazai

Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“Woman is not, by nature of grace, the mere echo of man. She is truly free only when she is free to be herself,…

— Leo A. Pursley D.D

“Even Mary had to let her child go…You have to wonder, as Mary watched Jesus on the cross, did she look back and ask…

— Susan May Warren

Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Her [Mary's] motherhood extends beyond view. In the will of the Son, she becomes at once mother and maid: sheltering him, but sheltered in…

— Adrienne von Speyr

“To eliminate her from Scripture is to deform the story—to not tell it correctly—and actually dishonors Jesus. Consider how much the common man honors…

— Carrie Gress

If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the…

— Pope Martin I

We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all…

— Louis de Montfort

If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead.

— Gregory of Nazianzus