Dave Armstrong seeks to present ‘Biblical evidence for Catholicism’.

I find his writings irenic, if ultimately unconvincing on distinctive Catholic teachings such as the doctrine of Mary.

In The Blessed Virgin Mary: Hail, Full of Grace Armstrong seeks to define and justify various aspects of that doctrine.

The following summarises the main points.  I refrain, for the time being, from making critical comments.

(a) Mother of God

Lk 1:43 (“The mother of my Lord”) is appealed to in support of the doctrine of Mary as ‘Mother of God’. …