Today in pursuit of mainstream popularity Christianity is normalizing homosexuality and The Gospel is not preached as much as universalism is. It’s no different than 1700 yrs ago when Constantine had a statue of the mother-goddess Cybele set up in the Forum presented in a posture of Christian prayer. Over time Cybele and Isis were replaced by Mary in the popular culture, especially after she was declared the “Mother of God”.
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IIRC, there’s a statue of the goddes Diana in the Vatican. Hard to understand why.
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No Catholics here to refute that?
I had never heard that.
The point I was getting at was these things evolve over time. The Mary worship didn't really get going until well after the Apostles were all dead.
Mary was called woman by Jesus.
Mary was called woman by Paul.
Mary was called suitable vessel by Ignatius.
Mary was called new Eve by Justin Martyr.
Mary was called advocate, intercessor, comforter by Iranaeus.
Mary was called mother of God by Origen.
All in the span of about 200 years. You see the dominant greco-roman pagan culture influencing Christian thought and practices. Now 1700 years later RC's don't think twice about bowing down and praying to Mary. In fact they have the expectation that their prayers will receive special consideration because they were channeled through Mary.
I think this all started with good intentions, but it's easy to see how the error dominates over time.