taught that Mary “resplendent in glory in body and soul reigns in heaven with her son.” Ott, in his attempt to defend this doctrine, modestly again admits, “Direct and express scriptural proofs are not to be had.” But he argues that this doctrine logically follows the other ones already listed—namely that she was free from sin, a perpetual virgin, the mother of God and that she shared in the redemptive work of her son. Although Christ is the sole mediator between God and man, the