What really baffles me is the fact that Mary plays such a large part in the Catholic faith, when she plays such a small part in the synoptic Gospels. Is she a vestigial God "transported" up from earlier/more ancient religions that had both male and female gods? That's the only explanation I've heard. Otherwise it's baffling. Except for the Magnificat in Luke, she has very few speaking parts.
What really baffles me is the fact that Mary plays such a large part in the Catholic faith, when she plays such a small part in the synoptic Gospels. Is she a vestigial God "transported" up from earlier/more ancient religions that had both male and female gods? That's the only explanation I've heard. Otherwise it's baffling. Except for the Magnificat in Luke, she has very few speaking parts.
What really baffles me is the fact that Mary plays such a large part in the Catholic faith, when she plays such a small part in the synoptic Gospels. Is she a vestigial God "transported" up from earlier/more ancient religions that had both male and female gods? That's the only explanation I've heard. Otherwise it's baffling. Except for the Magnificat in Luke, she has very few speaking parts.
I’d say Mary is merely an avatar of the Roman Terra Mater, variations of which have existed for 10s of thousands of years.