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The term '''"Queen of Heaven"''' has various meanings.  The only direct mention of a Queen of Heaven in the [[Bible]] is in [[Jeremiah (Biblical book)|Jeremiah]], which denounces the worship of a [[pagan]] [[goddess]] by that title.<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=queen+of+heaven&t=KJV Word search for "Queen of Heaven" in the King James Bible]</ref>  However, [[Catholic]]s use the term to honor [[Mary]].<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/popup/popup05_glo_en.html Fifth Glorious Mystery: The crowning of Our Lady Queen of Heaven]</ref>

The term '''"Queen of Heaven"''' has various meanings.  The only direct mention of a Queen of Heaven in the [[Old Testament]] is in [[Jeremiah (Biblical book)|Jeremiah]], which denounces the worship of a [[pagan]] [[goddess]] by that title.<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=queen+of+heaven&t=KJV Word search for "Queen of Heaven" in the King James Bible]</ref>  In the [[New Testament]], [[Catholic]]s have used the term to honor [[Mary]] <ref>[http://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/popup/popup05_glo_en.html Fifth Glorious Mystery: The crowning of Our Lady Queen of Heaven]</ref>, though the more proper use is Mary, Queen of the Universe. That title is from section 59 of Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church issued in 1964 by the [[Second Vatican Council]].

 

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