someone told me this is what they think. I'm just trying to verify it.
2007-06-07 12:44:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely yes. This is the latest repositioning of the hierarchy of gods in the pantheon of gods of the catholic faith over the past 100 years.
Any mention of the Communion of Saints by Catholic apologists, pr agents and spin doctors is totally irrelevant to this question. So too is any argument that Mary is just considered one of the more important saints of the church.
+++Mary Mother, of "God"+++
Catholics firstly worship Mary above all others as "Mother of God".
In fact, it is the key line in "Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee, blessed art you amongst all women...Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now.."
Recently, some Catholic spin doctors around the world use different wording, but the Hail Mary prayer was standard for almost 1700 years!
(431 CE) The Christian church through the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus presided by St. Cyril of Alexandria and Emperor Theodosius II did claim as church doctrine that Mary, may be officially worshiped as Mother of God.
+++Mary as a Goddess+++
Catholics worship, Mary as Queen of Heaven and a Goddess in her own right. That is precisely how she is viewed and many, thousands of churches have statues of Mary with a crown in recognition of this official catholic position.
The symbolism is significant as Mary has become the Astarthe and Inaana previously worshipped by the founder of Christianity, Paul of Tarsus.
+++Lesser Gods of the Catholics+++
Catholics since 1871 also worship the Pope as a Living Deity (God) on Earth being infallible and therefore above all human law and all other human beings.
Jesus was human and never considered himself infallible, so today Pope Benedict is technically a more powerful God under the pantheon of Gods and saints of the Catholic Church.
Of course, such concepts are strenuously denied. So too are 20 centuries of crimes against humanity
See: The Almanac of Evil.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0190.htm
I'll let you decide who is telling the truth.
2007-06-09 23:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course this is not true.
Catholics venerate Mary (among other saints), but they do not worship her.
Some Protestants get hung up on this so-called Catholic "Mary worship" by claiming, "Jesus said, 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but through me.", implying that Jesus is the only Mediator between us and the Father - and they're right.
Jesus is the only Mediator between us and the Father. Catholics believe this just as the Protestants do. However, unlike the Protestants, Catholics believe that the fact there is only One Mediator does not mean there cannot be Intercessors.
Therefore, Catholics offer the saints Prayers of Intercession, not worship.
2007-06-08 04:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I also assumed that Jesus was middle eastern. I agree that religions have some issues and that they probably got some things wrong, but who am I to decide which parts those are? I am Catholic, and I participate in my religion because it makes me feel good. I live my live as a good and decent Christian woman, and I know that God will make the final judgement on me. He knows the person I am. You're right, a few extra prayers assigned by a priest may not cleanse your soul of sin, but God knows when you are truly repentent and when you are not. There are so many religions in this world, but nobody on the planet can know which is living the way God wants it. Only God knows that, and our job as Christians is to guess and hope we get it right. We can't do more than that.
2016-05-19 04:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Catholics believe that Jesus is God and the son of God, same as all other Christians. Mary is the most honored of the saints.
2007-06-07 12:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Smiley 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. Mary is a creature who is saved by the grace of Christ's deatha nd resurrection. Catholics believe that the grace was applied at her conception for the sake of Christ's conception. Mary is not God Incarnate ,Jesus is:this is what Catholicism teaches.
2007-06-10 13:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what the Catholic Church teaches about devotion to Mary.
971 "All generations will call me blessed": "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship."513 The Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. . . . This very special devotion . . . differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration."514 The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary.515
God Bless you
2007-06-07 14:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by bissy9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.......I'm not Catholic, but I think they think of being someone very important but not on the same level as the Holy Ghost, God and Jesus.
2007-06-07 12:53:46 · answer #7 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
Catholics believe
+ Jesus is God the Son
+ Mary, his earthly mother, is a saint
+ Saints +
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 here on earth to pray for you. Or you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to saints is communication, not worship.
+ The Blessed Virgin Mary +
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28)
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Luke 1:42).
In Luke 1:48, Mary prophesied: "From henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."
A question for Christians who take the Bible literally: Do you call Mary "blessed"? If no, why?
The Hail Mary prayer simply recites Bible passages (the Word of God) and asks Mary to pray for us:
Hail Mary Full of grace, the Lord is with you. (These are the words the angel Gabriel said to Mary, a Bible quote.)
Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. (This is Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting, another bible quote.)
Holy Mary, (The angel Gabriel said she was full of grace and Elizabeth said she was blessed.)
Mother of God, (the Bible says Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, God the Son)
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. (A simple request to pray for us.)
Amen.
+ With love in Christ.
2007-06-09 17:40:33 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not at all, we honor her for her part in salvation history, her yes to God to carry Jesus. She is sometimes referred to as the new ark of the covenant b/c of this. We ask for her intercession with her Son (like at the wedding at Cana).
2007-06-07 12:56:09 · answer #9 · answered by Sulfol1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. But we pray to her which pisses a lot of people off. They think cause we pray to her she is the only one we believe in. But we pray to God and Jesus too.
2007-06-07 14:00:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋