As actually protesting against what it sees as an abuse of it, as in,
These rad-trad rosary-as-weapon memes represent a social-media diffusion of such messaging, and they work to integrate ultraconservative Catholicism with other aspects of online far-right culture. The phenomenon might be tempting to dismiss as mere trolling or merchandising, and ironical provocations based on traditionalist Catholic symbols do exist, but the far right’s constellations of violent, racist, and homophobic online milieus are well documented for providing a pathway to radicalization and real-world terrorist attacks. The rosary—in these hands—is anything but holy.
This reaction is what I see as extreme, even though I am one who affirms that praying to Mary or any created being in Heaven is nowhere taught or exampled by by believers despite over 200 prayers recorded by the Holy Spirit in Scripture, but is one of the distinctive Catholic teachings are not manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (which is Scripture, in particular Acts through Revelation, which best shows how the NT church understood the gospels).
It is a distinctive Catholic teaching that there is a communion of saints. That we pray to the saints for intercession that is what we do when praying to The Blessed Mother
free republic anticatholics are distinct in their ing Moran e of Catholic teaching that they profess
So stop wasting my time.
I recommend an electron microscope. You get more new data that way.
It is a distinctive Catholic teaching that there is a communion of saints. That we pray to the saints for intercession that is what we do when praying to The Blessed Mother
free republic anticatholics are distinct in their ignorance of Catholic teaching that they profess
So stop wasting my time.