#12721 Where Do We See Marian Doctrines in Scripture and More? - Ben Bollinger
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Where do we see the Marian doctrines in Scripture?” This question opens a discussion on the biblical foundations of Marian beliefs, alongside inquiries about why Catholics refer to Mary as “holy” and “our life, our sweetness, and our hope,” and the differences in veneration of Mary among various Christian traditions. The episode also addresses the Catholic and Orthodox views on the Immaculate Conception and the significance of Mary as the Queen of Heaven.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:00 – Where do we see the Marian Doctrines in scripture?
- 23:43 – Why do Catholics call Mary “holy” and “our life, our sweetness, and our hope” in the Salve Regina?
- 28:59 – Is there a difference in veneration of Mary in EO, Assyrian Church Of The East, OO and Catholicism?
- 32:49 – How does the Catholic view of the Immaculate Conception differ from the Orthodox view (as it relates to Original Sin)? And what is the evidence for the Catholic view?
- 45:45 – How can we be sure Mary is the Queen of Heaven?
- 50:40 – Why are there so many apparitions of Mary but not of Jesus?
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| 1:00.7 | we have one of our guests that we've had on a few times. His name is Ben Bollinger. He's been |
| 1:06.4 | up with us before talking about a variety of different topics. He runs a substack called Benjamin John, sorry, Benjamin John. Substack, or you can find him on his YouTube channel by the same name of Benjamin John. Ben Bollinger, welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. Yeah, well, it's always, it's always a pleasure now. I know we've really enjoyed having you on. We've talked about a wide variety of things with you, so we want to change it up a little bit, and we want to talk to you about Mary. |
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| 1:52.3 | Again, anything on Mary, so it's an ask-me-anything. |
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| 1:57.9 | So I guess to start this off, Ben, you know, whenever people mainly are |
| 2:03.8 | Protestant brothers and sisters, they come after us. The question always comes, well, you guys |
| 2:09.5 | have all these teachings on Mary. You have all these doctrines, dogmas, all about Mary. And |
| 2:14.6 | the typical response is, well, we never find that and we don't see that in the Bible. |
| 2:19.4 | So our Protestant brothers and sisters say that it's unbiblical to believe in these dogmas and |
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