Can you help me defend the teachings on the Virgin Mary?

[PamelaTheriot]

I am Catholic, however my best friend goes to a non-denominational church, we have been best friends for almost 20 years, I love her to death but we are always at a difference regarding the bible.
We have a regular bible study for women every Tues night, and it just frustrates me sometimes when I don’t know the full answers to some topics such as the Virgin Mary. My friend and her husband say that Mary was just an ordinary human, whom did not die a Virgin that she did have more children and that she was not ascended into heaven. I have searched for scriptures for these details and I have not come up with much on the Virgin Mary.
Can you tell me where I can find some scriptures regarding her and her acsension into heaven?
Thank you so much!
pamtheriot@aol.com
May God Bless your Website!!

 

[Reginald_Plum]

Pamela,

These links should get you well on your way to crushing the errors of sola scriptura and of the Protestant view of Mary. The first box has books you can purchase from Catholic Answers or check out of your parish library and the remaining boxes have articles, radio programs, and threads which address your friends’ misguided attacks. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please contact Catholic Answers directly.

Recommended Books:
Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating
Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic by David B. Currie
Where We Got the Bible by Bishop Henry G. Graham
Catholicism for Dummies by Frs. John Trigilio and Kenneth Brighenti
Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth

Recommended Reading on attending Protestant Bible Studies:
Is it okay to attend a Protestant Bible study?
Is it o.k. for me to go to a nonCatholic bible study?
How does an apologist learn how to talk with people about religion?
Books which should be on every apologist’s bookshelf

Recommended Reading on Using the Bible Alone:
A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura by Dave Armstrong
Catholic Questions: Apologetics Backward by Mary Beth Kremski

What Exactly Do You Mean by Sola Scriptura? by Jimmy Akin
Why the Bereans Rejected Sola Scriptura by Steve Ray
Ten Thousand Chickens for One Thousand Bibles by James Akin
Where Does the Authority Lie? by Kenneth J. Howell

According to Scripture by Tim Staples
Sola Scriptura is Unscriptural
The Complex Relationship between Scripture and Tradition by Jimmy Akin
Logic and Protestantism’s Shaky Foundations by Brian W. Harrison, O.S.
Going Beyond by Patrick Madrid

Recommended Listening on Sola Scriptura:
Is the Bible our only Authority? with Bob Sungenis
Sola Scriptura with Patrick Madrid
Sola Scriptura Non Scripturae with Gary Michuta
Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium (part 1) with Scott Hahn
Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium (part 2) with Scott Hahn
Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium (part 3) with Scott Hahn

Recommended Reading on Mary:
Mary: Ever Virgin
Mary: Full of Grace
Mary: Mother of God
Immaculate Conception and Assumption

Are there Bible verses that support Mary’s sinlessness?
About Mary…where in the Bible does it say…
Mary’s Sinless Nature
Doesn’t Scripture imply that Mary had children other than Jesus?
History of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary