There is a vast difference between reformers who thought (wrongly IMHO) that Mary was pure than those who venerate before statues of her in public places and would like to see her picture at every bus stop. One would hope people could tell the difference.
Since the poster of below has asked that I avoid posting to him . . . I'm posting this to you dear Harley:
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We have no guarantee that what we believe we believe is truly what is true. Self-test is no test.
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Paul indicates otherwise in Scripture. Let's see if anyone offers the verse(s).
i don't see anything wrong with wanting pictures of folks who've done great things in church history being placed at bus stops.
it would sure beat the condom ads, homosexual propaganda, and militant athiest darwinist advertisements usually found in these places.
Protestantism seems to have led us to a situation where showing church heros is frowned upon but showing pagan figures and symbols is commonplace.
FWIW, I agree completely!
It seems that there is a sophomoric idea that if you discredit one area of belief in the reformers, or early Christian theologians for that matter, that everything is discredited. This line of thinking assumes that these fallible human beings must be perfect in all things. I can only think of one man who was perfect in all things and he was God incarnate.