The Roman Catholic church teaches that the Rosary is at the very center of Christian spirituality, and they believe it is “one of the great weapons given to believers in their battle against every evil.” Pope Pius XI is quoted as saying, for example, “The Rosary is a powerful weapon to PUT DEMONS TO FLIGHT.” Yet we shall see that instead of “putting demons to flight” they are “introducing doctrines of demons into the Rosary.”

We read in 1 Timothy 4:1 says, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, GIVING HEED TO DECEIVING SPIRIT AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS.” We then read of two examples of these “doctrines of demons” in verse 3, “Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them which believe and know the truth.” (KJV). We know that the Romans Catholic church “forbids priests and nuns to marry” and during their so-called holy season of Lent, they “command their congregates to abstain from eating meat on Fridays.” This is unscriptural and thus it is a “doctrine of demons.”

Now we will look at some of the words of the Rosary and we will see very serious errors that fit into this same category (i.e. doctrines of demons). We will focus on the most well-known part of the Rosary; the “Hail Mary” prayer, which reads: “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.”

1) Mary is NOT FULL OF GRACE. Scripture never teaches us that Mary can minister grace to us in our time of need. Instead, we read that it is Jesus Christ that is FULL OF GRACE in John 1:14 & 16, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, FULL OF GRACE and truth…and of His fullness we have all received, and GRACE FOR GRACE.”

2) Though Mary was “blessed among women” (see Luke 1:28 & 42), it is wrong to refer to her as “Holy Mary.” This implies that she was SINLESS and yet Mary herself said in Luke 1:47, “And my spirit rejoiced in God my SAVIOR.” Mary knew she was a sinner who needed a SAVIOR.

3) Mary is NOT the “Mother of God.” She was the “mother of Jesus” (see Luke 1:26-35), but she should never be called the mother of God for God is eternal and had no beginning (see Psalm 90:2 and 1 Timothy 6:13-16).

4) It is utter blasphemy to say to Mary “pray for us sinners.” Mary is NOT the sinner’s MEDIATOR or ADVOCATE! These titles belong to Jesus Christ alone. “There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1). Jesus is the One who stands between the sinner and God as our blessed Mediator and Advocate and thus to put Mary in that place is blasphemy! The fact is the last time we read of Mary in Scripture she is at a prayer meeting and instead of people “praying to Mary so she can pray for them,” Mary is joining in prayer with them as they “prayed to God.” Acts 1:14 states, “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and MARY the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” Satan loves to take away from the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Rosary, we see he has been very successful in robbing Christ of His glory by giving the glory to Mary.  (DO)  (706.5)