You do understand that you’re debating a Catholic priest on the place of Mary in Christianity? A Catholic priest has many, many years of advanced study in divinity and sacred scripture. In the United States, priests must have a four-year university degree in philosophy plus an additional four to five years of graduate-level seminary formation in theology with a focus on Biblical research. A Master of Divinity is the most common degree. And that’s BEFORE THEY ARE ORDAINED! The last person in the world I would want to debate about the role of Mary is a Catholic priest.
Notice ‘A Son’ NOT ‘the Son’.
We are not allowed to debate a priest?
Mary's role in Christianity or catholicism??....because she is apparently different in the two.
The reading of the Word is pretty clear for most folks.
The Greek does require study and training.
I checked some catholic seminaries for their language requirement. Some required a semester of Greek and/or Hebrew while others emphasized Latin.
One even had a course in Mariology! A whole course devoted specifically to Mary! So of course a catholic priest will/should know the catholic Mary.
Depending on denomination, some non-catholic seminaries require two classes in Greek and two classes in Hebrew. I really wish there was more of an emphasis on the Greek and Hebrew as these would help clear up a lot of the misunderstandings of the Word.