The Cult of the Virgin: Catholic Mariology and the Apparitions of Mary Book

	Acknowledgments	9
	Foreword	11
	Introduction: The Cult of the Virgin Revives	13
Pt. 1	From Lowly Handmaid to Queen of Heaven: The Mary of Roman Catholic Theology
1	Divine Maternity	19
2	Perpetual Virginity	24
3	The Immaculate Conception	30
4	The Assumption	36
5	Spiritual Motherhood	41
6	Coredemptrix and Mediatrix	46
7	Queen of Heaven	63
8	Hyperveneration	68
Pt. 2	Apparitions of the Virgin Mary: A Protestant Look at a Catholic Phenomenon
9	What Is an Apparition?	79
10	The Catholic Church's Evaluation	81
11	A Survey of Marian Apparitions	88
12	The Mystery of Medjugorje	100
13	How Apparitions Have Influenced Catholic Piety	121
14	A Protestant Evangelical Response	126
	Notes	137
	Glossary	147
	Appendix A: Medjugorje Up Close: Interviews with Key People Surrounding the Apparitions	149
	Appendix B: A Catholic Scholar's Response to This Book	161
	Appendix C: The Authors' Reply to Father Pacwa	169
	Postscript	175
	Bibliography	179
	Subject Index	183
	Scripture Index	187