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To: ealgeone
What has been shown are acts of worship of a created being.

No, what you have shown are acts of reverence. No sacrifice, no worship. Worship in the Bible is always an act of sacrifice, the offering of an oblation to God. The problem is not that Catholics allegedly worship Mary and the the saints; it is that Protestants do not in fact worship God. While Protestants do offer praise and thanksgiving to God, which are praiseworthy acts in themselves, these are not worship. Thus when they see Catholics showing reverence to Mary and the saints, they confuse these acts with their own lesser acts of reverence toward God. The only act of worship that Catholics have is the sacrifice of the Mass; and this is directed to God alone.

32 posted on 02/27/2020 6:16:49 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
>>What has been shown are acts of worship of a created being.<<

No, what you have shown are acts of reverence.

Actually, what I've shown is Roman Catholic idolatry.

They have made an image of the created and worship it contradicting what the New Testament says about this.

Worship in the Bible is always an act of sacrifice, the offering of an oblation to God.

There is no sacrifice we can offer that is sufficient to God. That's is the reason Christ died on the Cross for our sins. HE is the sacrifice.

While Protestants do offer praise and thanksgiving to God, which are praiseworthy acts in themselves, these are not worship.

You do not understand what worship is.

Prayer, songs, giving thanks, praises....are all acts of worship. And Rome directs all of these to Mary.

36 posted on 02/28/2020 3:21:48 AM PST by ealgeone
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