The worship of Mary OK
• Catholic
An achievement of momentous insignificance. Some Anglicans have never recovered from separation from Rome. Wonder if this will further fragment the fissiparous Anglican Communion.
Immaculate Conception refers to the mandatory Catholic dogma, pronounced in 1854, that Mary was born free of "original sin." The Assumption refers to the belief required since 1950 that Mary was directly received, body and soul, into heaven at the end of her life. Anglicans have neither teaching.
Religious Leaders Agree on Role of Mary
Protestants have historically had a different view of the significance of Mary and particularly her role as a figure able, like Christ, to intercede directly with God. ...
Protestants have argued there is no biblical basis for such beliefs.
There isn't.
Anglican theologians accept Catholic devotion to Mary
Anglican Archbishop Peter Carnley:
"That old complaint that these dogma were not provable by scripture will disappear," he said.
No it won't.