2006-10-13 09:37:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible states that anyone who possesses the Holy Spirit is holy. The Bible speaks of a holy man of God, holy ones, a holy people, a holy nation, and holy brothers.
That is why Mary is blessed (holy). The angel Gabriel called her, "Full of grace" and said, "The Lord is with you."
With love in Christ.
2006-10-13 17:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Im guessing that you do not believe in the Trinity. Very well. Think of it this way. Jesus is perfect yes? so why would God create two people perfect (Jesus and Mary) and not everyone else. Since you didn't ask about Mary, I won't go there, but other than that it makes no sense to create only these two perfect and everyone else imperfect. Think of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit this way. You have eyes to see, feet for walking, a heart to pump your blood, a brain to think and so many other organs. All these organs are different and have different functions, but they make up an entire body and your body functions as one. In other words,you are one function made up of many different functions and if you think about it, the whole world and universe is one function made up of many different functions. Same with God. You have God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Think of God the Father as the brain, Jesus as the hands, and the Holy Spirit as the heart. They may have different functions, but all one God.
2016-05-21 23:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by Jo-ann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't. Vatican City is the Holy See. The Catholic Church has a number of titles for the Bishop of Rome. Holy See is not one of them.
2006-10-14 18:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every religion has an underlying philosophy of existence.
Protestantism and Catholicism each have their own underlying philosophy of existence.
With Protestantism, it is "equivocity" or the radical separation of things.
With that, Protestantism sees God as so transcendent and "other" that he can be known only by faith and by Scripture.
Nothing in creation reflects him.
Catholicism, on the other hand, is based on the analogy of being.
That means that between things there is partial sameness and partial difference.
With that, God is "other" than creation. He is not to be identified with creation as say pantheism would hold.
But there is a commonality of God with creation, in that creation reflects God. If we can see creation as good, true, and beautiful (before being marred with evil), then that is a reflection of God who is infinitely good, true, and beautiful.
That analogy, or commonality is why Catholicism has saints, images, and sacraments.
These are not God, but a holy image is some reflection of God's attribute of beauty, hence helps to raise our minds to Him.
Similarly, the virtue of a saint is a reflection of the infinite virtue of God. They are not divine or to be worshiped, but help us to raise our hearts to God.
But Protestantism, based on equivocity sees no commonality of creation with God, so creation cannot be a reflection of God in their thinking.
That is why they call the saints, images, and sacraments paganism.
---
2006-10-13 09:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does not Scripture say we are the Body of Christ? We are Holy because God makes us Holy being members of his beloved Son
2006-10-13 09:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God isn't the only one who is holy. God himself made ALL things holy. Every single person is holy by his or her very nature. It's what we do with that given holiness that changes things.
2006-10-13 09:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the doctine of Catholics is based on Paganism which means they can make thing up as they go. The bible says god is jealous of his followers worshiping other idols or sticks that are crossed for that matter but they still worship and pray to the cross or the virgin mary. One of the ten commandments specifically says not to worship idol. So who know what they are doing.
2006-10-13 09:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by abel g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody pays attention to the Pope anymore including other catholics.
2006-10-13 09:49:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He also calls himself "Holy Father". Those are titles that ONLY belong to God. However, before you gloat over that answer, what is YOUR minister addressed as? If you refer to him as "Reverend" you are also at fault. At Ps. 111:9, in speaking of Jehovah, it says, "Reverend and holy is HIS name." KJV
2006-10-13 13:03:26 · answer #9 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Holy Pope, Batman!"
2006-10-13 09:40:49 · answer #10 · answered by BuckFush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋