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Johann Heinrich Heidegger
3 quotations · Works cited: Short Instruction on the Holy Virgin Mary (1673)
Christ
Except for those honorary titles which belong to God the Lord and to our only Saviour, one may give her the highest and most glorious titles. … But that we do not name her a Goddess, a Mediator between God and men, an all-knowing and almighty Queen of Heaven, a Gate of the Heavenly Paradise, a Redeemer, a Reconciler of the human race, and more suchlike honorary titles which were raised by men, comes solely therefrom, that suchlike honorary titles are adverse to the honour of God and of Our Saviour.
But can she not furthermore be venerated as a mediator and intercessor between God and us with the honour of invocation? Answer: No, since no one should be invoked except God alone in Christ, our only Mediator, Saviour, and Intercessor
So also, the Holy Virgin herself recognized the Lord Christ as her Saviour (Luke 1:47). But now whose Saviour the Lord Christ is, He makes whole and redeemed from sins, as God's Angel himself testifies (Matthew 1:21).