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Sorry, I don't see how that follows from my post. Are you saying that the Greek word Theotokos occurs in the New Testament? Where? Certainly "Holy Mary, Theotokos, pray for us sinners" is not a prayer that we find in the bible.
Plenty of prayers are not found in Scripture, but that's for another topic.
Yes, but if we want to learn what prayer is, and to whom we should pray, we look in the bible. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, His pattern prayer is a prayer to God. All the prayers in the bible (except of course, for the recorded prayers made to false gods, like "O Baal, hear us!" on Mount Carmel) are addressed to God.
God does hear all prayers.
Why does the church described in Acts not line up with the Catholic Church of today? It's pretty apparent that they followed the "apostles" doctrine" and it was God that added to the church "daily", not man. It's up to him regarding who is a member of the church or not. It can take some people years to become a member of the Catholic Church. That's a huge red flag. It might have started out with good intentions but it is so far removed from the church that was started by the disciples/apostles.
The "source and summit" of our faith is very much the same as it was in the first century, we follow the command of Jesus to "do this" in remembrance of Him. As to "membership" in the Catholic Church there is no one definition, believing what Jesus and the Apostles taught is really the key, so someone who is converting and intending to receive the sacraments could be considered a member of the Catholic Church.
Sorry, are you saying that the Psalmist was praying to angels, when he wrote, "Bless the Lord, O you His angels?" But perhaps I have misunderstood your post.
But he is not praying to them. I am addressing you in this post, but I'm not praying to you. Prayer is more than just addressing somebody.
Thank you!
