To: Mrs. Don-o; aMorePerfectUnion; caww; Iscool; MHGinTN; imardmd1; Tennessee Nana; Mom MD; ...
A few days ago men removed some female figurines .........................
Please!! Stop using crude hate against Catholicism.
These are not idols.
They are art.
They are strictly used only in veneration and not worship!!!
These statues are used because the Apostles taught their use - passing by oral tradition from generation to generation by our Catholic leaders.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
11 posted on
10/22/2019 2:00:27 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." - Romans 12:9)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
These statues are used because the Apostles taught their use Except that they really didn't, did they?
It matters what the statue represents, which is why the Ark of the Covenant was to be surmounted by golden cherubim, not golden Canaanite fertility demons.
13 posted on
10/22/2019 2:03:04 PM PDT by
Campion
((marine dad))
To: aMorePerfectUnion
You are mistaken. This was not an anti-Catholic removal of normal statues found in a church. It was a removal of pagan fertility goddess icons that were recently added.
15 posted on
10/22/2019 2:03:59 PM PDT by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
yup. I don’t see a difference between the marian idols and the amazonian ones either
18 posted on
10/22/2019 2:08:05 PM PDT by
Mom MD
To: aMorePerfectUnion; Mrs. Don-o
Several interesting points to note from the article:
1) The Vatican approved the placement of the nude statues for some "weird" celebration. 2) These statues are owned and belong to the Church.
3) While the Vatican says they do not represent a pagan god, this continues to be in dispute. The author certainly believes this to be so.
4) The Catholic Church isn't even following the clear edicts of it's own canon.
Well, enough Catholic bashing.
125 posted on
10/23/2019 2:19:17 AM PDT by
HarleyD
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Even statues know enough to swim the Tiber away from the Vatican
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127 posted on
10/23/2019 3:23:25 AM PDT by
daniel1212
( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
...Oral tradition...
I see what you did there; Buster!
181 posted on
10/23/2019 9:50:08 PM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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