Do Catholics Worship Mary?
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- If you ask why Roman Catholics worship Mary, the mother of Jesus, the Catholic apologists will tell you they don't worship
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- Mary. When people ask me why do Catholics worship Mary, the first answer I have to say is, we don't worship
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- Mary. Why do Catholics worship Mary? Obviously the answer is, we don't. Catechism of the
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- Catholic Church in section 971 says it is an essential part of Christian worship to honor the
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- Blessed Virgin Mary. And you say, what? Of Christian worship? Really? Now, it doesn't mean we worship
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- Mary. Absolutely not. Well, here is the Pope kissing statues and portraits of Mary in reverence.
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- Here he is burning incense to a likeness of Mary. Here he is bowing and praying before these likenesses.
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- Catholic sources say he prays to Mary. How are these things not worship? Here are people bowing to images of Mary and appearing to pray to them.
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- Praying the Rosary involves more prayer to Mary than to God. Here is a massive parade on a religious feast day dedicated to Mary with a portrait of her in front of the procession.
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- Here is another Marian parade. And another. And another. They sing songs to her. They write psalms to her.
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- They burn candles to her. They will say this isn't worship, it's veneration. But really, what's the difference?
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- They ascribe to Mary divine characteristics like omnipresence, believing she can hear them from anywhere and grant requests.
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- They claim she was without sin when Jesus said, no one is good but God alone. She makes appearances, foretells the future, and does miracles.
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- They give her divine names like Queen of Heaven. The only place that title appears in the Bible is in Jeremiah, for an idol.
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- In Exodus 20, 3 -5, God says, You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or 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.