"Coronation of the Virgin," Wikipedia:
"The belief in Mary as Queen of Heaven obtained the papal sanction of Pope Pius XII in his encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam (English: 'Queenship of Mary in Heaven') of October 11, 1954."
"The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the fifth of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary ... and therefore the idea that the Virgin Mother of God was physically crowned as Queen of Heaven after her Assumption [into heaven] is a traditional Catholic belief echoed in the Rosary."
"The scene is the final episode in the Life of the Virgin, and follows her Assumption ... or Dormition. The scriptural basis is found in the Song of Songs (4.8), Psalms (45.11-12) and Revelation (12.1-6)."
New American Catholic Bible (1971):
Song of Songs 4:8 Come from Lebanon, my bride, come from Lebanon, come! Descend from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the haunts of lions, from the leopards' mountains.
New American Catholic Bible (1971), introduction to the Song of Songs:
"The Song of Songs, meaning the greatest of songs (1.1), contains in exquisite poetic form the sublime portrayal and praise of the mutual love of the Lord and his people. The Lord is the Lover and his people are the beloved."
New Catholic Version: Douay-Confraternity (1961), introduction to Canticle of Canticles [Song of Songs]:
"This Book is called the Canticle of Canticles, that is to say, the most excellent of all canticles [songs] concerning the union of God and His people and particularly of Christ and his spouse.... The spouse of Christ is the church."
New American Catholic Bible (1971):
Psalms 45:11 Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father's house.
12 So shall the king desire your beauty, for he is your lord, and you must worship him.
New American Catholic Bible (1971) note at Psalm 45:
"Catholic tradition, in keeping with the inspired interpretation given in Heb 1, 8f, has always understood this psalm as referring, at least in a typical sense, to Christ and his bride, the Church. Cf Eph 5, 25ff."
"Catholic Mariology," Wikipedia:
"The Catholic Church often sees Mary as queen in heaven, bearing a crown of twelve stars in Revelation."
New American Catholic Bible (1971):
Revelation 12:1 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 Because she was with child, she wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
3 Then another sign appeared in the sky: it was a huge dragon, flaming red, with seven heads and ten horns; on his heads were seven diadems.
4 His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, ready to devour her child when it should be born.
5 She gave birth to a son — a boy destined to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to this throne.
6 The woman herself fled into the desert, where a special place had been prepared for her by God; there she was taken care of for twelve hundred and sixty days.
New American Catholic Bible (1971) note at Revelation 12:1-6:
"The woman adorned with the sun, the moon, and the stars symbolizes God's people in the Old and the New Testament.... The Israel of old gave birth to the Messiah (v. 5) and then became the new Israel, the church, which suffers persecution by the dragon ... symbol of the forces of evil."
New Catholic Version: Douay-Confraternity (1961) note at Apocalypse [Revelation] 12:1:
"A woman: this woman is not the Blessed Virgin, for the details of the prophecy do not fit her. The prophecy pictures the Church of the Old and New Covenants.... By accomodation [see Roget's entry below] the Church applies this verse to the Blessed Virgin."
Roget's International Thesaurus, emphasis in bold has been added to the word accomodation:
"807. COMPROMISE
".1 NOUNS compromise, composition, adjustment, accomodation, settlement, mutual concession, give-and-take; abatement of differences; bargain, deal [informal], arrangement, understanding; concession, giving way, yielding; surrender, desertion of principle, evasion of responsibility, cop-out [slang]."
There is no scriptural basis for the belief that Mary has been crowned Queen of Heaven.
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