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Mary is the mother of all believers and crowned in Revelations 12: "A great 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... ...The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter..." You claim this is solely about the israel/the church but it isn't just the church - the church didn't give birth to Christ. The woman (Mary) is pregnant with a son who will rule all nations (Jesus Christ) the dragon wanted devour the child the moment he was born (Satan, through the actions of Herod) After the Archangel Michael throws Satans down at the end of the chapter, and after the devil fails to devour the woman and her male child it says: "Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." Here there is a seperation between the woman and the church. The church are those who "keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." These are called the "offspring" of the woman. Mary is the mother of all believers. Christ also proclaims her as the mother of his disciple in John during the crucifixion: John 19:26-27 "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home." Also, the original greek texts didn't have chapters and verse numbers. Right before Revelations 12 at the end of revelations 11 it says "Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant..." After this revelation 12 begins with revealing Mary, the woman crowned with 12 stars who gives birth to the male child who will rule all nations and whos offspring keeps the testimony of Jesus. She is the ark of the new covenant. I am a protestant and I don't agree with every catholic claim, but stop these endless exaggerated accusations against them.