The following is a clip from a recent Catholic Answers Live broadcast, where a Catholic priest, Vincent Serpa, discusses the scapular and the Sabbatine Privilege (the belief that Mary will descend to purgatory on the Saturday following one's death and will take them out thereof):
Of course, this practice and sacramental, as well as the rest of Rome's dogmas and doctrines of Mary, have no basis in Scripture and anything that can reasonably be called "apostolic tradition." For the real Mary, see my presentation on Mariology or any of the articles I have written on the topic of Mariology, including a response to Tim Staples, also of Catholic Answers:
Answering Tim Staples on Patristic Mariology and the Immaculate Conception
Of course, this practice and sacramental, as well as the rest of Rome's dogmas and doctrines of Mary, have no basis in Scripture and anything that can reasonably be called "apostolic tradition." For the real Mary, see my presentation on Mariology or any of the articles I have written on the topic of Mariology, including a response to Tim Staples, also of Catholic Answers:
Answering Tim Staples on Patristic Mariology and the Immaculate Conception
