Jeremias 7 and 44 and the Duchess of Dorchester

Jeremias 7 and 44 and the Duchess of Dorchester · Duchess of Dorchester, Revisited

I came up with the title before I had heard of the wrestler The Duke of Dorchester and hope he won't mind.

Now, in Jeremias, the phrase "the queen of heaven" occurs once in chapter 7 and several times in chapter 44. The most prominent place would be chapter 7:18, since it involves God's anger.

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger
[Jeremias (Jeremiah) 7:18]

So, some suppose this means God is angry at anything referred to as the Queen of Heaven, including "Catholic Mariolatry" - we will see in a moment how I respond, but first a detour. I think it will be rewarding.

Suppose a King of England decided the third daughter of a prince of Wales or of a King, whoever comes first, shall have a new title, Duchess of Dorchester. Her husband shall have the title Duke of Dorchester (Pete Doherty, hope you don't mind!). Their offspring shall be Dukes of Dorchester until next time there is a third daughter of the king or of the Prince of Wales, whoever comes first. However, such a person is not yet there on earth, only the plan is.

Then suppose a drag queen even less feminine and less decent than Conchita Wurst turns up and decided to take the stage name "Duchess of Dorchester" ... I think a King of England would be annoyed, perhaps not HM Charles III, he's known for preaching tolerance to people of the habits of Conchita Wurst, but earlier kings of England (including those who privately were as indecent or even less decent than Conchita) most certainly would. Even James VI and I would have such a man drawn, quartered and beheaded. Right ....?

Now, for the relevance. Even to people in Dorchester, Heaven is more important than Dorchester. To God, most certainly. No one, including demons, is outside His jurisdiction (and female goddesses in at least many respects, perhaps not Athena as appearing to Ulysses on occasion, are drag queens). So, He has decided He will be born. He has decided who His mother will be. He has decided She will be Queen of Heaven. The anger of God expressed in Jeremias 7:18 is not about people giving Her the title that is Hers, Queen Mother in Heaven, but about people giving a demon a similar title (the Hebrew, I heard Patrick Madrid or someone say, has a word meaning ruling queen or queen consort in Jer 7:18). I think the case for God hating "Mariolatry" has been answered.

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
St. John the Baptist
24.VI.2023

Sorry, HMK Charles III, I mean, of course!