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Kevin
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Hi, guys —
I don't see where Catholicism gets its venerative
authority to honor saints from.
I fail to see anyone in the New Testament,
worshiping or giving any kind of adoration
to anyone:
- living
- dead, or
- otherwise other than to Our
Lord.
Please help me with this.
Thanks,
Kevin
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Where
did Catholicism gets its venerative authority
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Kevin —
You are quite right.
We don't worship anyone other than
Our Lord. We honor others, and in
Old English sometimes the word worship is
used, as it is used in the Anglican
Church for bishops your
worship, and was used
in olden times for King Henry VIII
and Queen Elizabeth.
Mary Ann
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Kevin
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Mary Ann —
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but
don't Catholics adore the
saints of old?
People even bow down to the Pope
and others.
Kevin
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Paul
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Kevin,
Catholics do not adore anyone but
God. In contemporary English, the
words venerate and honor are
used to pay respect to people; people
who are usually close to God or have
been given a special place of authority.
Those are the terms used to pay respect
to saints, Mary, the Pope, and anyone
of high distinction. Nevertheless,
we know they are only human like
we are. The words adore and worship are
used only for God (and Jesus,
since He is God) because God
alone deserves our worship and adoration.
Paul
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Kevin —
You said:
- Correct me if
I'm wrong, but don't Catholics adore the
saints of old?
Not at all.
We don't adore anyone but God. Kneeling
is not adoring. You kneel before
a baby to see it better, you are
not adoring the baby.
Kneeling is the physical expression
of need, dependence, or repentance.
It is the expression of a lower to
a higher person. Americans don't
kneel to each other, but we were
the first people in the world not
to, so we can't judge customs from
elsewhere as if they had our perceptions.
Mary Ann
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John
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Kevin,
I suggest you check our database of questions and answers. We've addressed this issue many different
times and in many different ways.
If you honestly are interested in
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subject, we'd be happy to engage
you but you're making some factually
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