Saints as guardians and mediators, and Mary as Queen of Heaven, rejected by Protestants
A further point in dispute is whether it is lawful to celebrate the saints who have died in Christ as guardians and patrons of the human race, entrusted by God with the government of our affairs, and to treat them as mediators and intercessors with God who can at all times hear and take in the prayers of all people, whether spoken in the heart or with the lips, offer and commend them to God, and help with their own suffrages and merits.
Above all, the question is whether the Blessed Virgin should be acknowledged and proclaimed Queen of Heaven and of the whole world and Lady of all creatures, as the one through whom the world was saved and who alone has destroyed all heresies, and whether she should be hailed as Mother of mercy, Mother and fountain of grace, our life and our hope. The practice of the Roman Church approves all of this; the Protestants reject and condemn it.
Latin
LV. Praeterea illud in controversia est, An Sanctos in Christo defunctos celebrare liceat ut generis humani custodes & patronos, quibus rerum nostrarum regimen a Deo commissum sit: Et illos habere ut tales apud Deum Mediatores atque Intercessores, qui omni tempore omnium hominum preces sive corde, sive ore conceptas audire atque percipere, Deoque offerre & commendare possint, ac suis suffragiis ac meritis adjuvare? Praesertim vero, An Beata Virgo agnoscenda sit atque praedicanda ut Regina caeli, & mundi totius, ac creaturarum omnium Domina: ut illa per quam mundus salvatus est, & quae sola omnes haereses interemit: Et an Mater misericordiae, Mater & fons gratiae, vita & spes nostra salutari debeat: quae omnia probat praxis Ecclesiae Romanae. Improbant vero & damnant Protestantes.