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To: CynicalBear
Catholics have replaced virtually every attribute and working of God and given that to Mary in their worship.

False. The Church teaches (rhetorical excesses and flourishes of some of Her members notwithstanding) that Mary (Mother of God and Spouse of the Holy Spirit) points us to God, not that she herself possesses the power of God.

"His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye."

492 posted on 01/25/2014 11:16:43 AM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have heard the denials ad nausea. It’s rather curious too. Catholics obviously understand that praying to them is wrong or they wouldn’t continually deny they do. The evidence, as I illustrated, is that they do however pray to saints.
493 posted on 01/25/2014 11:40:58 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: BlatherNaut; CynicalBear
False. The Church teaches (rhetorical excesses and flourishes of some of Her members notwithstanding) that Mary (Mother of God and Spouse of the Holy Spirit) points us to God, not that she herself possesses the power of God.

Except for the inconvenient fact that they attribute to her the characteristics of God Himself, in your very own CCC.

From the Catechism of the Catholic church....

http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm

969 “This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation .... Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix.”510

Names of God from the Bible. Compare them to the names given to Mary in the above prayer.

Jesus

Hope (our) - 1 Timothy 1:1

Counselor - Isaiah 9:6

Advocate - 1 John 2:1

Mediator - 1 Timothy 2:5, Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 12:24

Holy Spirit

Comforter - John 14:26

Helper – John 14:16

This is worship of Mary if ever there was.....Attributing to her the attributes of God is idolatry.

513 posted on 01/25/2014 2:24:52 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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