The Catholic Church doesn’t teach the worship of Mary. Worship (and adoration) are for God alone.
As a Protestant I thought, for a long time, that Catholics worshipped Mary alongside her son, Jesus. There are plenty of churches named in her honoured, Catholics seemed obsessed with statues of the Virgin, and the Rosary, of all things, seemed to be nothing more than vain repetition of praise for Jesus’s mother.
The reality, I’ve learned, is much different. Catholics don’t worship Mary but, because of her special role in salvation history, she is venerated. How is that different? In Catholic theology, which, remember, was the theology of the whole Christian Church for 1,500 years, we ask Mary to pray for us.
Sorry, catholics do worship Mary. Catholicism can redefine words and actions all they want but it doesn't change the fact they worship Mary....in some cases more than Christ.
Mary, outside of giving birth to Jesus and raising Him, plays ZERO role in our salvation. Rather, it is the Holy Spirit that plays a role in our salvation.
Catholics pray directly to Mary. They don't merely ask her to pray for them. There are some many writings that point out that they do pray to Mary.
And now, if the fifth marian dogma is passed, mary will officially be a co-redemtrix, advocate and helper.....replacing what Jesus and the Holy Spirit are currently doing on behalf of the believer.
Repeating falsity will NEVER make it true.
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Catholics pray directly to Mary. They don’t merely ask her to pray for them.”
Let’s see...
Hail, Mary, full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among sinners,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
PRAY FOR US SINNERS,
Now, and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Well, that answers that one.
"Other than the assassination, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
Rather, it is the Holy Spirit that plays a role in our salvation.
Is there some kind of box in your theology that is big enough for Mary, and big enough for the Holy Spirit, but not big enough for both?
Scripture quotes Mary, inspired by the Holy Spirit, saying, "All generations to come shall call me blessed."
What have you done today to make that prophecy true?