>" ... Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Revelation 22:8-9
>>It's plain we don't "fall down to worship" Mary, as John explicitly says he attempted to do with the angel - and was rightly rebuked
>>The verse says he was going to "worship" the angel. The angel stopped him, and rightly so.
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Thank you for sharing
your response to this Scripture.
I notice you both
agree that the faith
of the Apostle John is
open to question;
but when modern folk
worship at the feet of stains
they believe picture
the Virgin Mary,
their "faith" must not be doubted.
I think John was made
of sterner stuff, and
the angel was rebuking
John's adoration
done in the wrong way.
But reasonable Christians
can disagree here.
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There's absolutely nothing the Church can do with regard to devout but deluded folks who "see" Mary in freeway underpasses . . . except to caution them with regard to unapproved revelations (which is done fairly frequently).
I will note that there's occasional hysteria whipped up amongst Protestants about religion, faith healing and camp meeting hysteria come to mind. But the outlying religious hysterics of any denomination prove absolutely nothing about the doctrine taught by that group. The same is true of the Catholic Church.