do cathlics worship mary and christins worship god?

Answer 1

No, all Christians including Catholics worship God.

Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.

The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.

Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mother Teresa.

As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.

Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

No. First of all, Catholics *are* Christians -- the actual division is "Catholic" and "Protestant," both of which are forms of Christianity. The Protestant religions have descended from the Catholicism that helped keep Christianity alive for a thousand years before the Reformation, despite that in the Reformation, the Protestants then disposed of a great deal of the Catholic rules and orthodoxy.

Secondly, Catholics don't "worship" Mary. They pray to Mary and to other saints for "intercession" with God, but God (in the trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is the only one that gets worshipped. There are many legitimate areas of theological debate between Catholics and Protestants. However, the lie that Catholics worship Mary, and the label of "idol worshippers," is simply a clumsy smear campaign.

Answer 3

I was a Catholic and am now agnostic. I do not believe that Catholics can be regarded as true Christians. Christians, by definition, are those who practise the teachings of Jesus Christ. Catholics have a bastardised form of Christianity as (based on the Bible) Jesus stated that he is the only way to the Father (God). There is no mention of intercessions through Mary or saints. There is no mention of practising idolatry, or creating statues to give reverence to. There is no mention of indulgences, which, when practised, was the peak of Catholic corruption. There is no mention of praying rosaries or novenas, which is contrary to what is stated in Matthew 6:7.
Anyway, I believe that the Bible is flawed and man-made, so all this stuff, to me, is just nonsense and baloney.

Answer 4

Catholics worship God just like Protestants do. Perhaps there is more attention to saints. There is a holy day devoted to Mary, but it is definitely not like Mary is taking the place of God. The creed we pray in church is a good summary of Catholic doctrine:

We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Answer 5

Mary is an intercessor. Since we are not good enough or humble enough to deserve Jesus and God's intervension, we pray to Mary so that she prays for and with us. She should be revered, not worshiped, because she is Jesus' mother. Wouldn't most be offended if they disrespected your mother? Saints are a reminder that we too can attain sainthood on earth and each has a characteristic trait like patience or humility that remind us to be as such, and they remind us that if they could sacrifice their lives for Jesus, so can we.

Answer 6

No. on the initiating, Catholics *are* Christians -- the rather branch is "Catholic" and "Protestant," the two certainly one of that are varieties of Christianity. The Protestant religions have descended from the Catholicism that helped shop Christianity alive for 1000 years previously the Reformation, inspite of that interior the Reformation, the Protestants then disposed of very loads of the Catholic regulations and orthodoxy. Secondly, Catholics do no longer "worship" Mary. They pray to Mary and to diverse saints for "intercession" with God, yet God (interior the trinity of father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is the in easy terms one that gets worshipped. there are certainly one of those valid factors of theological debate between Catholics and Protestants. in spite of the undeniable certainty that, the lie that Catholics worship Mary, and the label of "idol worshippers," is barely a clumsy smear advertising campaign.

Answer 7

Only confused little old ladies worship Mary.
And Fundys disbelieve Jesus in John 6, unlike Catholics.

Answer 8

Good one. I guess today is mix and match wednesday. Catholics worship God and revere mary. The same way you revere a good person, but only stronger because this good person was personally chosen by god to be Jesus' mother.

Answer 9

No.

It's more like this:

Protestant Christians maintain that they're saved by faith alone and they claim to believe in the authority of the Bible alone.

Catholic Christians maintain that they're saved by God, and that God provides us with many, many tools to assist us during our pilgrimage here on earth.

First among those tools is the Catholic Church, next, his saints, (both living and dead) and through it all, his grace.

He does this because he loves us, and because he genuinely desires all to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of his truth.

Unfortunately for non-Catholics, not all of God's truth is included in scripture.

That's why Protestants fail to understand basic concepts like intercessory prayer, and family relationships that transcend ordinary time and space.

Answer 10

Having been raised as a Catholic, I didn't "worship" Mary.. Catholics are Christians too.. they believe in the same "God" as other non Catholic Christians..