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To: terycarl

So much better to worship icons and weeping statues and every Mark, Luke and Mary instead of the true path of going to heaven through the salvation of Jesus.

Jesus is the only Saint, the only deity we are told to pray through to reach God.


24 posted on 10/23/2012 11:12:13 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
So much better to worship icons and weeping statues and every Mark, Luke and Mary instead of the true path of going to heaven through the salvation of Jesus. Jesus is the only Saint, the only deity we are told to pray through to reach God

Catholics know all about Jesus...He founded our religion. Your statements concerning Catholics show that you know little or nothing....Noone "worships" icons...we decorate our buildings with them.

35 posted on 10/24/2012 4:01:33 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: GeronL
"So much better to worship icons and weeping statues and every Mark, Luke and Mary instead of the true path of going to heaven through the salvation of Jesus."

This is wrong on so many level it suggests that it is intentionally so. Catholics worship only the Triune God. We do not worship icons, statues (weeping or otherwise) or saints. Eastern Catholics believe that icons represent a window to a heaven through which we can more accurately contemplate God in all His glory. It is strictly a tool to help focus the mind, much like religious art of all kinds in the Roman Rite. We do not worship saints, we venerate them. Perhaps your error arises from too narrowly defining the verb "to pray" and being synonymous with worship.

Jesus is the only Saint, the only deity we are told to pray through to reach God."

Jesus is not a Saint, He is the second hypostasis in the hypostatic union that is the Trinity. He one in being with the Father, wholly God.

Peace be with you

36 posted on 10/24/2012 5:30:45 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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