Marian Apparitions, Part IV, Mary's Rise to Power
Source: A Woman Clothed With the Sun , by John J. Delaney, 1961. The first pillar, Revelation 12 There are 3 major pillars upon which the entity identified as Mary has established her claim to near divinity. Pillar one: is Revelations 12:1-2ff, “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.” A dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns challenges her, intending to kill the child. She cries out in pain, gives birth, and the Manchild is taken up to the throne of God. Satan and his minions are driven out of heaven, but they come down to earth to make war on the rest of the seed of the woman. Catholics have somewhat of a point when they claim that the woman is none other than Mary. There is a shadow of her there, the birth and resurrection of Christ, and the attempt of King Herod to kill the child. If the woman w...