Again, nothing wrong with gratitude and love for the Blessed Theotokos. Kissing her icons and thanking her for giving us her Son and our Savior, and thanking her for her prayers.
But, this is just an example how our narrow minds and limited sense distort God's Creation, and how easy it is to slip, good intentions and all, into grave error of idolatry.
The early Church Fathers were all too aware of it resisted it tooth and nail while avoiding Roman persecutions at that.
We must NEVER create God in our own image, inadvertantly as it may be. We must never give a human being higher praise and reverence than to God.
We must NEVER create God in our own image, inadvertantly as it may be. We must never give a human being higher praise and reverence than to God.
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WOW.
BRACE YOURSELF.
I 1,000% agree with the above.
OK, you can relax. The shock should subside soonish.
i still haven’t seen what you mention but the priest should speak up.
if our priest can tell a mixed crowd that the bishops say we should rejoin the MP and he reccomends not spliting with the bishops yours can say mary isn’t deserving of more attention than the trinity.