Are the Roman Catholic Christians, they believe in statutes?

Question

Just another correct answer?

The pope does not accept any faith, except those that worship and pray to Mary,right?

Answer 1

Well I have often wondered about this too. Somewhere in the bible there is a whole heap of stuff re worshipping images and a statue is an image alright. I wish I could quote from the Bible but one of the passages re images was along the lines if you had say a wooden image of whatever to worship it would be more helpful for you to use it in a fire to warm your hands with or something , as looking at an image (even a holy image???) with love and fondness and adoration is idol worship for sure and there aint no denying that. For instance say you want to be talking with or praying to a God, then why can't you do that without an image in front of you or beautiful church windows and crosses and holy beads and stuff. If you must worship images to remind you of your God maybe you'd be better of worshipping a flower that is growing???????
Thou shalt not worship images?? Well Christians are suppose to following all of the Ten Commandments aren't they??? Mind you it could be something the Church brought in to make more money. Like little statues of Mary and the like for people to spend their hard-earned money on???

Answer 2

Kibye I think Mormons have statues but they do not worship them? Just as protestants have crucifixes and do not worship them. I could challenge any protestant to show where Catholics pray to a statue as if it were God, but why. They are just happy in dismissing Catholicism erroneously.

Answer 3

+ Are Catholics Christians? +

Most non-Catholic Christian denominations accept Catholics as Christians. A very few do not.

The World Council of Churches which brings together more than 340 churches, denominations and church fellowships in over 100 countries and territories throughout the world, representing some 550 million Christians accepts the 1.1 billion Catholics as Christians. http://wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/faq-e.html#07

A dictionary would say that a Christian is someone professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.

Catholics would fit this definition.

In the Nicene creed, from 325 C.E., Catholics profess:

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father.

Through Him all things were made.

For us and our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried.

On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are baptized as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

We truly are spiritually "born again," we just don't usually use those words.

For a complete description of what Catholics believe, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm

+ Statues +

Do you have pictures of your loved ones? Have you ever looked at the picture of someone while talking on the phone to them?

Statues and pictures of people we love are not idols.

Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are just like pictures of the people we love and respect.

The King James Version of the Bible states in Exodus 20:4: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"

Why were the Jews commanded not to make graven images? Graven images were the standard method of pagan worship. They were representations of false gods.

This is a very clear command.

However God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18–19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them"

And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images out of precious metals.

It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubims and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had made. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image not made for worship is acceptable.

In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."

And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in correlation, "And just as Moses lifted up the [image of a] serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ dead on the cross be considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words held up for all to see, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, no different from a painting, a play, or a movie.

How can a nativity set set up in your house to constantly remind you and teach your children of God's love for use be idolotry?

Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Mary substitute into not sinless. in case you study the Bible, then you definately might see that she had to furnish sacrifices for her sins basically like anybody else did. The basically says that she discovered favour with God (Luke a million:30). additionally, in accordance to the Bible (2 Kings 13:20), Elisha died & substitute into buried. Mary isn't the single we pray to. Jesus Christ is our intercessor (Romans 8:34). study to shew thyself authorized unto God, a workman that needeth to not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of certainty. 2 Timothy 2:15

Answer 5

Chris has nooo idea what he's talking about. He obviously has a skewed version of Catholicism in his head. Honestly, I don't know why people would believe that stuff. Anyway, once again I will say yes, Catholics are in fact Christian. I don't know what exactly you mean by we believe in statues...I do in fact believe statues exist (I've seen them, crazy...) lol. This is a funny question. Woohoo 2 points!

Answer 6

i cant stand when people blurt out ignorance.. read a book once in awhile and you will know Catholics do not worship statues..

you are a Christian if you believe Christ is the messiah.. so yes they are Christians

Answer 7

"they believe in statues?"

How old are you?

I'm sure if you go down to your nearest Catholic church they will if you ask politely explain that icons and statues are used by a understanding educated Catholic to focus their attention on the Divine!

Grammar please! Phrase those questions more thoughtfully!

Are Roman Catholics Christians if they believe in having statues in church?

Is this what you meant?

Now please log off and go to the library or Google the Catholic Encyclopaedia!

Answer 8

I feel sorry for you and Chris because you just condemned yourselves to hell.

Those who knowingly and deliberately (that is, not out of innocent ignorance) commit the sins of heresy (rejecting divinely revealed doctrine) or schism (separating from the Catholic Church and/or joining a schismatic church), no salvation would be possible until they repented and returned to live in Catholic unity.

The following is what Jesus said about those who reject and persecute his Church.

“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.” – Luke 10,16 (KJV)


Jesus further said to his disciples, “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” – Matthew 18,18 (KJV)

The Church fathers also affirmed this doctrine.

Ignatius of Antioch

"Be not deceived, my brethren: If anyone follows a maker of schism [i.e., is a schismatic], he does not inherit the kingdom of God; if anyone walks in strange doctrine [i.e., is a heretic], he has no part in the passion [of Christ]. Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of his blood; one altar, as there is one bishop, with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons" (Letter to the Philadelphians 3:3–4:1 [A.D. 110]).

Origen

"[T]here was never a time when God did not want men to be just; he was always concerned about that. Indeed, he always provided beings endowed with reason with occasions for practicing virtue and doing what is right. In every generation the wisdom of God descended into those souls which he found holy and made them to be prophets and friends of God" (Against Celsus 4:7 [A.D. 248]).

"If someone from this people wants to be saved, let him come into this house so that he may be able to attain his salvation. . . . Let no one, then, be persuaded otherwise, nor let anyone deceive himself: Outside of this house, that is, outside of the Church, no one is saved; for, if anyone should go out of it, he is guilty of his own death" (Homilies on Joshua 3:5 [A.D. 250]).

Now, don’t say we didn’t warn you.

P.S. My answer to your question is the same as other Catholics.

Answer 9

You don't believe in statues. I'm pretty sure they exist. I mean NYC has a pretty damn big one in the harbor.

If Catholics worship statues, Fundamentalist worship the Bible. Same difference.

edit to Chris: Good evening CJ

Answer 10

I believe in pictures of my grandparents and heroes like Ghandi and Martin Luther King, but that doesn't mean I worship them.

I believe in the statue of Lincoln in Washington D.C., but it doesn't mean I worship him either.

Context: Don't WORSHIP a statue as if it were another god.