The 2nd commandment:
(Exodus 20:4-5) "You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them..."
Catholics regularly bow down to idols, icons and images of Jesus, Mary and the apostles, kissing the feet of the statues and praying before them.
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Righ back in your face: you quote me, show me 1 text , 1 command, where the heck does it say,in Catholic teaching,You show me where the Church teaches to worship a statue of Mary???? I'm begging you to show me Show me the official teaching from the writings of the Church that commands idol worship??? AND NAME 1 FALSE GOD THAT YOU CLAIM THE CATHOLICS WORSHIP OFFICIALLY....other than our God JESUS please:
if you have ever looked affectionately at a photograph of a loved one then you have damned yourself by your own acusations also you must not look in books with pictures oh dear!
For the blogger, here is a document from the council of trent that speaks AGAINST the idea of idol worship. I'll agree that a lot of Roman Catholics do not understand this and actually worship the statue (Marian apparitions anyone). For the record, I am not a Roman Catholic, but I did want to clear up some posibble confusion. Below is the section that talks about it. It is from the council of trent
Moreover, that the images of Christ, of the Virgin Mother of God, and of the other saints, are to be had and retained particularly in temples, and that due honour and veneration are to be given them; not that any divinity, or virtue, is believed to be in them, on account of which they are to be worshipped; or that anything is to be asked of them; or, that trust is to be reposed in images, as was of old done by the Gentiles who placed [Page 235] their hope in idols; but because the honour which is shown them is referred to the prototypes which those images represent; in such wise that by the images which we kiss, and before which we uncover the head, and prostrate ourselves, we adore Christ; and we venerate the saints, whose similitude they bear: as, by the decrees of Councils, and especially of the second Synod of Nicaea, has been defined against the opponents of images.
And the bishops shall carefully teach this,-that, by means of the histories of the mysteries of our Redemption, portrayed by paintings or other representations, the people is instructed, and confirmed in (the habit of) remembering, and continually revolving in mind the articles of faith; as also that great profit is derived from all sacred images, not only because the people are thereby admonished of the benefits and gifts bestowed upon them by Christ, but also because the miracles which God has performed by means of the saints, and their salutary examples, are set before the eyes of the faithful; that so they may give God thanks for those things; may order their own lives and manners in imitation of the saints; and may be excited to adore and love God, and to cultivate piety. But if any one shall teach, or entertain sentiments, contrary to these decrees; let him be anathema.
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