We acknowledge the Blessed virgin to be the most excellent member of this spouse; and that, in this sense, she reigns with Christ, and with all the faithful. But that Christ administers his kingdom through her, as through the Queen of heaven, or that he has constituted her to have Dominion over all creatures with Royal power, since this is not proved from scripture; but is only fashioned by the most audacious men, she will never receive it; … nor can we defer it to her.

In brief, there is scarcely one title given to Jesus Christ, nor one which prophesies of Him, which they do not attribute to her, calling her Queen of Heaven, Porter of Paradise, their life, their sweetness, treasurer of grace, the refuge and advocate of sinners—thus dishonoring Him and also making the poor people understand that they honor her contrary to the whole Word of God and the writings of the most ancient teachers.

However, we cannot in any way acknowledge or accept what our opponents openly say, namely that Mary is to be invoked as a mediator between God and humans, or that she is our patron and advocate. We do not believe that this is either a tradition of Holy Scripture or a command from God. We believe that God, who alone grants all salvation for the present and future, is the one to be invoked alone. We believe that Christ alone [since He alone is true God and true man] is the true mediator between God and humans. We believe that He, who alone can satisfy all humans, is the patron and advocate with the Father.

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.

Is there any Queen of heaven constituted by God? It is denied. That name was taken from the ancient idolaters, and applied to the virgin Mary by the new ones.