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Worshiping people, no matter who they are, has never been permitted by God .
DribbleNo kidding. And it is strictly forbidden by the Catholic Church.
Please educate yourself about what the Church actually teaches before repeating false propaganda spread by anti Catholic bigots.
FYI (from the Catechism)
970 Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it. No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source.
Dribble
Worshiping people, no matter who they are, has never been permitted by God, and it has always been a earmark for paganism, Mary was blessed greatly, but I'm sure she would be appalled at people's worship of her the same way that Paul was at the worship of the people to him. Mary like the rest of us was and is a creation and worshiping the creation is always false, and forbidden.
But this Mary devotion page quotes without context too.
http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/mary18a.htm
who is calvin? For God so loved the world....
Where did I say or even imply this? Wow, anti-Calvinists certainly are masters of projection.
The TULIP theology framework is one of his most well known contributions to the Reformed Protestant movement.
If you want to know what the Church teaches read the Catechism.
The TULIP theology framework was of course not from Calvin, but from the 1619 Synod of Dordt (the "TULIP" acronym itself is later; from the early 1900s).
But I agree with you on the need to learn Church History.
Ah, ok. Thank you for the clarification. While I've studied Calvinism theologically in modern times, the progression of theological developments in that branch of the church is not my most studied subject.
It would be safe to say that most people probably care very little for "whats on the books" within Rome, as we are more concerned with what we hear on a regular basis from the average Roman Catholic; it matters very little even if their worship of Mary is performed through ignorance.No kidding. And it is strictly forbidden by the Catholic Church.
Please educate yourself about what the Church actually teaches before repeating false propaganda spread by anti Catholic bigots.
Even though I respect the right for anyone to believe anything they want, I still must whole heartedly object to any adoration that goes beyond simple respect, which is in my opinion is 'worship', Even the Lord Himself did not pedestal Mary above any other disciple when He gave the 'who is my Mother' teaching in Matthew 12:46-50 . To me it is clear that to Him it is very important that we as Christians are and remain on the same level. Otherwise we spin off into strange worship like the people did with the snake staff in the OT. I am confident that if possible Mary herself would reprove her worshippers if she was able.I certainly agree that worship (λατρεία) belongs to God alone, and that we shouldn't worship (λατρεία) Mary or the other saints.
It's too bad that the English often only has one word for concepts represented by multiple words in Greek.
Where's the lady who posted a picture of the pope on his knees looking up at a statue of Mary, his hands folded in oh such an adoring fashion?
That is way above and beyond the devotion one human should show another.
We are all sinners, and God is no respector of persons.
Do you think Jesus would get on His knees and adore a statue of any person? I don't believe so.
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