[Not gonna take it anymore]

You have been here long enough to know that CATHOLICS DO NOT WORSHIP MARY.

Unlike some here who worship a book.

[Syncro]

Yeah but it sure looks like it. From a Catholic High School:

You will never see a Christian do that to a Bible.

Yet there are millions of these statues out there to show how to treat the Catholic Mary.

Idolatry

[HossB86]

You have been here long enough to know that CATHOLICS DO NOT WORSHIP MARY.

I've been here long enough to read that RCCs pray to Mary; seek her intercession -- and are taught that she has authority granted to her THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE.

Please, if you will, explain why CCC 969 contradicts God's inerrant, inspired word in 1 Timothy 2:5-6 -- God's Word says:
" 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time."

While CCC 969 says:
"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."

Hmmm. God says one mediator -- Jesus. Roman Catholic Cult says Mary is a "Mediatrix" who provides grace and salvation.

But wait... God says in Acts 4:10-12:
"10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Wow. God says there is salvation in no one else -- no other name under heaven by which we must be saved except-JESUS.

Where in Scripture does God say anything about Mary providing salvation? Intercession?

As for that idiotic canard of "worshipping a book" -- really. I don't get down on my knees or genuflect to it like RCCs do to statues of Mary or boxes of crackers.

Nice try, but no cigar.

Hoss

[MHGinTN]

Not only do too many catholics worship Mary, they even worship at altars dedicated to Mary worship, complete with statues of what the Vatican approves as an image for her. If you are ever in Rome go watch what devout catholics do when they reach the Pieta (sp?), the statue of Mary with the crucified Christ on her lap. And she is proportionally much larger than Christ ... Yeah, Catholics worship Mary and are taught that she is a mediator between man and Jesus.

[Syncro]

Unlike some here who worship a book.

That is a denigrating statement and you should report yourself to the Religion Moderator

Unless you can back it up with a post that shows it is true.

Christians do not worship a book.

Rember Jesus is the Word made Flesh, he is worthy to be worshiped.

[Elsie]

You have been here long enough to know that CATHOLICS DO NOT WORSHIP MARY.

ALL of them??

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Bernadine: …all gifts, all virtues, and all graces are dispensed by the hands of Mary to whomsoever, when, and as she pleases. O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can ONLY come through thy hands, OUR SALVATION DEPENDS ON THEE.

Bonaventure: …the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.

Ephem: …devotion to the divine Mother…is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Blosius: To the, O Lady, are committed the KEYS and the treasures of the kingdom of Heaven.

Ambrose: …constantly pray ‘Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.

Fulgetius: …by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.

Athanasius: …And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.

Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.

Guerric: …he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there…and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.

Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.

Antoninus: …souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.