Catholic Idols and Idolatry? (Do Catholics REALLY Worship Statues?)
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- Catholic Idols and Idolatry? Do Catholics really worship statues and idols? Does the Catholic Church teach her people to worship idols or statues? What about Catholics bowing and praying to statues? Follow Catholic Truth below and see our other videos on statues.
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I don't have to check any of your explanations , I was long enough in this cult, by the GRACE of Heavenly Father I'm SAVED,SEALED & SANCTIFIED ! & I advice U get the BIBLE & promote the WORD of GOD NOT ABOMINATION!115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
ACT 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
REV9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
BTW 'I'm NOT protestant, but BORN AGAIN CHILD of GOD! & You 're disgrace U corrupted even Decalog by removing 2nd Comm& dividing 9th in 2.
@@bozenapilska5019 you are even denying your being Protestant? Google and look for where you belong.
@@johnosumba1980 LOL GOOGLE WHERE I BELONG??? you're completely lost!
@@bozenapilska5019 it takes some wisdom to understand and I didn’t expect you to understand that simple statement. If you were a little knowledgeable you would have known that it is the Catholic Church that even divided the Bible into verses and Chapters but because you are in your own world and full of yourself you will continue to show your ignorance in public.
people nowadays are 99% judgmental 1% understanding
Everyone wants to be heard and nobody wants to listen.
And 100% hypocrite
This is true, but it goes both ways.
Haha exactly
😂😂😂 very true
People hate what they THINK they know about the Catholic church. Not what the church really represents.
God bless 🙏❤️💙❤️🙏
Yes absolutely, the Blessed Bishop Sheen said this much.
Thank you Catholic faith. I can finally say base on experience: - weak catholics bdcome protestant, a strong protestant becomes catholic
Smh read the bible
Yes and this is especially true if they read the history of the Church. I think Orthodoxy is best though. ☦️
@@beautifulwhitecat Why Orthodox?
👍😀
@@beautifulwhitecat who sit on the seat of Peter in Orthodox?
Imagine Martin Luther time travelling to this time and see Prostestants pray with others *WITH A PHONE,* he would think they are all idolatry for "worshipping" a phone.
Excited 😆 to WACTH this one. This is a huge issue for so many people. I’m Catholic and I get this all the time. Thank you for this
Facts!
I need to speak with Catholics to get explanations because i feel like i am worshiping statues also and i am new to Catholicism.
@@kevinjolin6313 where? At mass we don’t even have guidance or instructions to pray to statues lol. Are you officially Catholic? Do you go to mass?
It doesn’t matter how many times we explain ourselves. Anti Catholics just don’t want to hear it! We must educate ourselves so we can defend the faith properly ❤️ May God bless you and your channel ❤️
Stop violating God's commandments. You won't have to explain yourself any more!
The amount of justification in this video is remarkable.
😂
God bless you Brian, I have learnt so much from you. I love being Catholic.
No worship of statues. Statues are for you to remember the ones that came to earth faithful to God. No photos back then.
@@TriciaRP where did He say that we are not to have statues to remind us of those that are not physically present with us?
Exodus 20? the ten commandments?
You would know nothing of the ten commandments except for the church and even though you have the gift of them now because of the church you still don't know what you are reading ( if you ever in fact read them).
In Exodus 25 God commanded that 2 statues be made on top of the ark of the covenant.
The Ten Commandments prohibit the worship of graven images.
However, statues are not worshipped by catholics.
One could legitimately say that TH-cam videos are graven images.
Then what are you doing watching them?
Or are you merely trolling?
Ask any practicing Catholic whether they worship statues and don't listen to people telling you nonsense.
@@KitiwakeI’m sorry to say, you can tell some people I don’t worship anything or anyone except God(trinity) and they’ll still call you idolater in front of a whole group of people. If it were just between two people then it could be “whatever man” but when it’s in front of everyone else it’s a problem. You can tell them up and down they don’t even know the Catholic teachings and they simply are Bible scholars cause they “worship” in a group of people with no religious structure, which rejects what God did in bothe the new and Old Testaments, not to mention Fr Rippergers ALWAYS saying the demons hate structure and organization. Rant done I’m sorry lol. It’s just so frustrating ya know.
No graven images
This was so helpful, I never knew how to answer this!!! Thankyou so much.
God bless you🙏
You are so welcome! God bless you too!
Don't forget that the Jews bowed and worshiped in front of the Ark of the Covenant, which to me prefigured Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
@@markm4033 please don't blame Jews without reference, reference please.
@@201student201 what are you talking about?
@@astutik8909 a lie? You don't read the Bible because if you did, you would know this.
I've literally seen catholics pray to statues and think Mary can hear them,and the saints. Both Jesus and God himself both said, do not make images of ANYTHING in heaven or beneath the earth. Jesus also said there is only 1 Mediator to God the father and that is through Jesus. Seen them also pray to Michael the arch angel. Catholics believe they are heard in prayer to whoever they pray to,so explain how that is not putting them above God himself and worshipping idols? What's the difference if someone prays to a statue of Satan or mother earth? There is none.
No, you haven't. That's like saying, I've seen Protestants bow before an altar crying with tissue boxes thinking that the altar can hear them.
Catholics don't pray to statues. Even if they did, they're going against their own religion which condemns that, so your whole point is still moot.
The Catholic Church has taught that there is only 1 m between God and man, and that is Jesus. We have taught that for 2000 years, so you're giving Catholic teaching. But that doesn't mean we can't pray for one another or ask others to pray for us. We ask friends and family to pray for us. And they go to Jesus. We also ask Mary and the saints to pray for us. And they also go to Jesus. Same thing
Deuteronomy 4: 15-18 gave the actual reason why God prohibited the people of Israel from making any graven image:
"SINCE YOU SAW NO FORM when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire, take care and watch yourselves closely, so that you do not act corruptly by making an idol for yourselves, in the form of any figure-the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth."
But what happened in the New Testament? In the fullness of time, God took form and dwelt among us.
Hosanna!!!
I'd like to add one thing about the word prayer. People think that prayer means worship. It doesn't, the meaning of pray is request. The courts use the word pray in stead of request.
Example: My client prays for a sum of $500 for loss of wages.
So when we pray to the saints and angels, we are requesting their prayers on our behalf
Right!
Philippians 4:6-7
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving *let your requests be made known to God.*
God is omniscient, He is the only one who can hear billions of prayers at the same time. By saying that dead saints such as Mary, or John are capable of taking prayers from a Catholic in Italy and another one in Florida at the same time is ascribing them with a quality that is only pertaining to God.
Daniel 10.12
“Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.”
When christians ask one another for help in prayer it is different. We are all coming before the throne together. Just like when the jews proclaimed a collective fast in the book of Esther.
Christ is the only mediator, and the Holy Spirit is our intercessor. Not Mary. If you were to read the Bible with no bias you’d see that the importance you guys are giving to Mary is misguided. She was indeed a blessed woman, but that is it. She is not some sort of goddess, nor is she “the queen of heaven” as some have said.
And this is not a Protestant speaking. I am an ex-muslim who was saved by Christ and His word. I don’t follow man, I follow his Word. May God bless you.
What is the work of jesus
@markm4033 you only have one mediator between God and humankind....Jesus christ who intercedes for you daily...christ is your only mediator just as his word declares....and if you look up the biblical meaning of prayer you will see that it is a form of worship.
The law is simple. " Do not make any graven images".. isn't that simple?
Why do Catholics pray to Mary and saints? Rather than God? It's not in the Bible to do that. So is that part of idolatry? I think the Catholic church has its own scripture and I'm not understanding why. I'm just trying to understand why it's acceptable. One of many
➨CARVED IMAGES IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, INTERCESSION OF MARY AND THE SAINTS, HONOURING MARY, AND BOWING AS A SIGN OF HONOUR AND RESPECT
(All copied from the protestant version of the bible by me)
Sacred Images are Biblical & mocking & destroying them is a serious sin, an act of blasphemy:
➨ SACRED IMAGES: Sacred images are not idols and it is an act of blasphemy to attack them:
● EXODUS 25:18-22 God commands Moses to make STATUES of Angels.
● NUMBERS 21:8-9 God commands another image to be made, a serpent.
● EZEKIEL 41:18-25 KJV
(EZEKIEL's VISION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD ADORNED WITH CARVED IMAGES:)...
18 And it was made with CHERUBIMS (ANGELS) and PALM TREES, so that a palm tree was between a CHERUB and EVERY CHERUB HAD TWO FACES;
19 So that the FACE OF A MAN was toward the PALM TREE on the one side, and the FACE OF A LION toward the PALM TREE on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were CHERUBIMS (ANGELS) and PALM TREES made, and on the wall of the temple.
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two LEAVES apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, CHERUBIMS and PALM TREES, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
➨ BOWING as a sign of honour / respect:
●1 KINGS 2:19 Solomon bows to his Mother. (he HONOURS Her)
● JOSHUA 7:6: 6 Joshua & the elders of Israel tore their clothing and lay prostrate (face down on the ground) before the Ark of the Lord. (an OBJECT)
➨ HONOURING MARY:
● LUKE 1:48 All generations will call Mary blessed.
➨ INTERCESSION OF MARY & THE SAINTS IN THE BIBLE: ...
Including proof that saints are not among the dead
The Protestant claim that we are forbidden to speak to / pray to Mary and the saints is NOWHERE in the Bible. In fact, the following scriptures were copied (by me) directly from the Protestant version of the Bible: ...
➨INTERCESSION of a holy person on our behalf:
● JOB 42:8 8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and GO TO MY SERVANT JOB, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and MY SERVANT Job SHALL PRAY FOR YOU, FOR I WILL ACCEPT HIS PRAYER NOT TO DEAL WITH YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FOLLY; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
➨INTERCESSION of MARY: JOHN 1 At the wedding feast at Cana, it was Mary who asked Jesus to help the wedding party.
➨INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS: REV 5:8 The prayers of the Saints are offered to Jesus the lamb.
➨The KING Honours his mother's request:
● 1 KINGS 2:20: Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
(Jesus is the Greatest King and he also honours his mother's requests)
SAINTS ALSO WORKED MIRACLES:
➨ JOHN 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
➨ PAUL RAISES A MAN FROM THE DEAD:
ACTS 20:7-12
9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.20:
➨SAINTS ARE NOT AMONG THE DEAD: AND THEIR INTERCESSION IS BIBLICAL: They share in the ressurrection of Jesus: (Protestants attack Biblical saints while they follow dead reformers)
● MATTHEW 27: 52 -53: When Jesus was raised from the dead Many were raised up with him. 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
● LUKE 23 v 39-43...Jesus told the good thief "today you will be with me in paradise"
● REV 19 v 14...when Jesus returns he will be accompanied by his heavenly armies of saints.
● 2 COR 5 v 8...Paul tells us that to be absent with the body is to be with the Lord.
● JOHN 11 v 25-26...Jesus said I am the ressurrection and the life, he who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives, believing in me will never die.
● LUKE 1619-30 The story of the rich man and Lazarus show The Rich man, Lazarus and Abraham, all concious and interacting with each other even though they have physically died.
● LUKE 9:30-31 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
(Moses & Elijah were alive, and were yalking with Jesus)
● REV 6:10 The souls of the martyrs are before the throne of God, crying out for justice. (they are conscious and actively petitioning God)
● HEB 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
● MATT 17:1-13 ...At the Transformation of Jesus, he is seen speaking to Moses and Elijah, further showing that Holy ones of God are not among the dead.
➨HONOURING MARY: LUKE 1:48: All generations will call Mary Blessed. We Catholics are the ones who call her the BLESSED Virgin Mary and treat her accordingly.
➨NOWHERE does the bible permit protestants (or anyone else) to Scrutinize & monitor the prayers of other people, nor to judge their sincerity or their salvation.
Protestantism does not come from jesus. It began with Martin Luther in 1517 & exists Only to oppose the Catholic church which Jesus founded 15 centuries B4 the protestant revolt. They only know & accept the PARTS of the Bible that suit them and they do not have an accurate bible either.
Wow
Thanks!
@@RB-jl8sm Glad to help
@@jesitacarvalho5456 yep. Pretty much everything that protestants attack can be found in the bible. They do not know the bible as well as they claim to, nor do they even have a correct bible either, and even when they are shown these things, they will continue with their false accusations because protestantism comes from Men like Luther and exists only to oppose the Catholic church
Bunch of false Roman Catholic doctrines, I study them daily! 😂😂😂
People are too lazy to look up what the Catholic church teaches
Thanks, this cleared up a lot of questions I receive from protestants. Even being raised a Catholic not having the proper teaching could lead me/others off the path. It's definitely a heart and intention issue, still many Catholics do not understand and start worshipping Mary which is sad.
@BZ Man
Do you know the meaning of worship?
It is the recognition that someone is a deity. In Christianity, Jesus is recognize as God and given absolute worship at every Mass. No similar, "mass type event" towards saints in Heaven is practiced anywhere by Catholics; what exists is veneration, "dulia", for their heroic pursuit of holiness in imitation of Christ.
The Virgin Mary, being above all saints and angels, the veneration due to her is called hyperdulia.
Let me make it clear, since the days of the apostles the Catholic Church has consistently condemned the sin of idolatry. The early Church Fathers warned against this sin, and Church councils also dealt with the issue.
The Second Council of Nicaea (787), which dealt largely with the question of the religious use of images and icons, said, "The one who redeemed us from the darkness of idolatrous insanity, Christ our God, when he took for his bride his holy Catholic Church . . . promised he would guard her and assured his holy disciples saying, ‘I am with you every day until the consummation of this age.’ . . . To this gracious offer some people paid no attention; being hoodwinked by the treacherous foe they abandoned the true line of reasoning . . . and they failed to distinguish the holy from the profane, asserting that the icons of our Lord and of his saints were no different from the wooden images of satanic idols."
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CLEARLY AFFIRMS:
▪︎The Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566) taught that idolatry is committed "by worshipping idols and images as god, or believing that they possess any divinity or virtue entitling them to our worship, by praying to, or reposing confidence in them" (374).
▪︎"Idolatry is a perversion of man’s innate religious sense. An idolater is someone who ‘transfers his indestructible notion of God to anything other than God’" (CCC 2114).
▪︎The Church absolutely recognizes and condemns the sin of idolatry. What anti-Catholics fail to recognize is the distinction between thinking a piece of stone or plaster is a god and desiring to visually remember Christ and the saints in heaven by making statues in their honor. The making and use of religious statues is a thoroughly biblical practice. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know his Bible.
I must emphasize there's no "idol" or "statue" worship in the Catholic Church. Just like there's no worship going on in Washington DC for having a huge memorial as a statue at the Lincoln memorial, which reads:
"SAVIOR of the Union"
Specifically saying in the inscription:
"In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."
Would anyone think americans also worship Lincoln for having such statue with such dedicatory words?
No protestant does. Then: Why the fanatical distortion towards the Catholic Church founded by Christ, regarding its respect and recognition towards Her heroes in the faith, the Saints?
The only explanation is that the Devil is the motivator for such distortion of truth and facts.
May God bless your discernment.
@@joecastillo8798 I agree with you 100 percent on the Mary part.. but in John 1:1 refers to Jesus as God
@@mahocutiepie23
Maho,
Indeed! Jesus is God. We Catholics, the original Church founded by Jesus, believe in the Holy Trinity: "Three distinct Persons, one God".
God bless.
So far of the many ex-Catholics i have polled, including my JW mother, when asked when they were Catholic, “did you actually worship Mary when you were Catholic”, only one has come back in the affirmative. I'm willing to bet it was just stubbornness to admit otherwise as there is no way to prove. But then again neither could he about Catholics…🤷🏽♂
I was a catholic before and now a born again christian...hopefully your understanding of not bowing down images and worshipping it is the same as what other cathoilcs is doing....because only Jesus Christ is the only one worthy to be bowed down....but as you can see whether you like it or not they prayed and worshipping the statues...so how come the church is tolerating this act....
Dear Brian, another great job! I pray that you will never give up. God bless. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you SO much. I really appreciate it!
Exodus 20:4 KJV
“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:”
We dealt with that verse in this video and in another one. So you should probably actually watch the videos.
Worship involves a SACRIFICE .
So Protestants don’t worship anything then!
Thank you so much for explaining so well i was confused about bowing, kneeling and kissing the statues
Our pleasure.
The whole Catholics worship statues is easily rebutted. They say look you Catholics worship statues, you light a candle to them I ask them. Do you worship God? They reply, Yes. I ask do you light candles in your service? They say no. So I tell them you don't worship God. But you Catholics kiss the statues so you must worship them. I tell them have you ever kissed God? They say no. Then I tell them, then you don't worship God. I just tell them kissing/lighting a candle/ kneeling/ prostrating does not equal worship.
If I understand correctly, the difference between Catholic VENERATION of statues and pagan WORSHIP of statues is that Catholics believe the statue REMINDS them of God or the angels or saints, while pagans believe the gods INHABIT the statues.
Yes. Correct. Statues for Catholics are just symbolic representations. Nothing more. They tell a story in picture form.
@@SDJ992-q9t Great. Then why has the Holy Spirit led 90% of the church throughout history to disagree with your point of view on this issue?
@@SDJ992-q9t And furthermore, why were there images in the Old Testament Temple, including in the Most Holy Place on the Ark of the Covenant itself?
That's why they were called "icons".
Wow I can't believe how much they justify the use of statues, kissing them, calling priest father, praying to saints and images of God and Jesus. They break almost all the rules and justify it SMH LOL
You and i understand this that idols are nothing..but other people are decieved by seeing us and thinks idols are something..
Engraved images are forbidden.
@@thebigkpf Exodus 25:18 God commanded to make a two golden cherubim that guard the ark of the covenant. Did Exodus 20:4 and Exodus 25:18 contradict? Of course not God forbid the making of False Gods of the old testament like Baal, Golden calf, Ashtoreth, Chemosh, Dagon, Egyptian Gods, Marduk, Milcom.
@@thebigkpf John 3:14 As Moses lifted up the bronze serpent in the wilderness so as the Son of Man must be lifted up. Question: Is this lifted up Jesus on the cross a forbidden image? 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
@@dannyboy6598 I am a catholic and i never worship statues of the catholic church.
@@dannyboy6598 I know my Jesus is sitting right now in the Right hand of God the Father in Heaven...(",)
As a Protestant, I've never heard this topic explained so clearly. Thank you. i will want this many times so that i can defend to my Protestant friends. God bless
Glad it was helpful! God bless you!
American individualism took away almost all true respect for authority and reverence for things that need to be revered.
I agree💯
Yet so many of my fellow Americans will give more honor and veneration to a Masonic flag than to the Holy men and women that have fully given themselves to and served God.
I am a Chinese Catholic from Singapore.
We practice kneeling to our Parents ,Grand Parents , Elders...on Chinese New Year and in Chinese Wedding Tea Ceremonies....in respect n honour of their seniority.
It does Not Mean we are worshiping them.
THANK YOU Bro Bryan Mercier , for your clear and awesome explaination ...that we kiss holy pictures or kneeling before statues , to demonstrate our respect , honour and reverence....AND NOT WORSHIP. WE CAN STAND IN WORSHIP .
OUR CATHOLIC WORSHIP IS IN THE HOLY MASS with THE SACRIFICE OF OUR LORD IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST.
GOD BLESS YOU BRO. BRYAN MERCIER🙏
I am from SG too. Recently converted to the RCC.
If so, then you're degrading Gods Honor
Thank you Bryan,,yes that is so sad about protestant in Philippines,,too much judgmental,,they never think that all we did in statues is only venerates and respect only,,Viva!Pit.Senior Santo Nino😇😇Viva!Senior Nazareno😇😇more power to your channel,God bless
It doesn't matter what they think.
Next time they come at you with bible, bible, bible, tell them it's a Catholic book, that the scripture it contains was decided on by the Catholic Church and the CHURCH is the authority to decide on all matters of Christian faith.
@@Kitiwake The bible was written by the holy spirit to be for use of all men. You fool yourself thinking t the catholic church is responsible for the bible. The CC did everything it could to keep the bible out of the peoples hands.
@@thomashess6211 No. The bible was written by catholic men who were inspired by the holy spirit.
Except for the church there would be no bible in the sixteenth century. Furthermore, the church kept precious, hand written copies of it out of the hands of thieves.
Why didn't you know that?
@@Kitiwake you're bible was made by a loud preaching asshole
@@Kitiwake now your lying lol the bible wasn't written by the Catholic Church,
The old testament (torah) was written by jews, you need this to validate the new testament, you need it for all the prophecies about Jesus which he fulfilled, to know the blood line is legit and to even know how the world began, plus it gave us the law(commandments)if this is the case why aren't you a jew? Jesus also used the torah as scripture. So that doesn't belong to Catholic Church.
Secondly the Catholic Church did NOT write the new testament, it was written by the early Christians but the Catholics did get inspired by the holy spirit which books to compile. But again that Catholic Church didn't believe in ordaining of saints, priests abstinence or purgatory which all didn't come about 11ad
Thank you tor this beautiful video
I agree 100%. My thoughts are... Everyone is celebrating Xmas. We use the Xmas tree. That's symbolic too. Some ministries put up the crib. That's symbolic too. The church it self is built with stones and bricks. It's symbolic too. Ten commandments tells us to respect our parents. We respect our mother and father. And we respect our heavenly father who is God and heavenly mother who is mother Mary. So as an act of respect we kiss, we keep pictures, we bow, we venerate 🙏🙏🙏
Lets not forget the 2nd commandment.
I noticed, some of our dear brothers and sisters from Protestant churches become “Catholics” on Christmas Day...statues...
@@eddiecucumber5342 - does the commandment mean that we should never make images of anything? Of course not. first Kings 6:29 tells us about the temple of Solomon - " the walls of the sanctuary were lined with cedar, on which were carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, which were overlaid with gold.
Heavenly mother??? No. She was very much an earthly mother of Jesus and nothing more. She died like a human, like the rest of us will do. She didn't raise from the dead or perform miracles or say she was any sort of mother to anyone outside of her immediate sons. She WAS simply special to God and chosen to birth Jesus. She was not perfect like Jesus. She's dead. She can't hear you, and she isn't hearing your prayers.
to make it easy, if you sing national anthem, you give honor to national flag, do you worship it? no, it is a symbol of closeness of of your soul with with the flag.
I love this, thank you for thus
Thank you for making me understand!
understand what hell is open for you .read the bible well galah
Thank you for explaining this in a charitable way. Pray for our non Catholic brothers and sisters to understand.
Amen.
Non catholics dont need to understand about images. The OT explains gods thoughts on images and statues. Please dont twist god making images for his temple with men making images of men when god didnt ask them to do that.
@@thomashess6211 Please do not assume false ideas on people that they worship the images. They are for remembering the people that were transformed by God's grace. To be inspired by the their lives that they too followed Jesus.
@@ronoelrobinol4263 You have me mistaken for someone else. I never said the word worship.
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Like a Little Girl and dog were carve to put donations into for charity in Singapore
I have been in Catholic church since I was born up to this age, but I will no longer supporting the explanation you are giving here anymore. I know in myself that Catholic follows all the rules in the Bible but only the status is without the meaning of the Bible. I will rather advice the priest and and the bishops and the elders of the church to agreed to remove all that status from the church and thrown it away. Then the church will become pure Holy Church in front of the Lord. I was finding out the reason why we bow down to this status and sometimes we put our hands on them to pray, and sometimes we carry Mary and Jesus to go run. Many of the church members have put their faith in that status, in fact I was like that before. But later I discovered myself to set my mind towards in heaven when I am praying but not the status, and not everyone know this. And I have never seen any priest who is teaching the members in church to set their mind in heaven when they are praying but not in the status. Such teachings doesn't take place in the church, so many of the members put their faith in that status in the church and always bow down in front of them kissing their feet, putting their hands on them, crying in front of them, I myself are one of them before. But I have seen that all that practice are the way of idols. It is better for the church stop that my dear brother! You cannot compare that status to the Ark of Covenant you mentioned, again, you cannot compare it to those who bow down to the Prophets as you mentioned! The Prophets were alive before those bow down to them, it is not the same as the status which represents the dead. My brother, I will strongly tell you that we are doing wrong things in the line that status in the church. I am pure Catholic church member and because of this status I am now finding my way out to stop the Catholic church! From Genesis to Revelation as I study the Bible, there is no where teachers that we must do such things to remember the dead as our brothers like you said. All those who practice such ways of images and status in worship, the Bible classified them as adultery and idols worshipers. I think it is right time for us to accept our mistake as a church and stopped defending that wrong things we are doing in the church! I can tell you that if not that status, the Catholic church could have been the most number one Holy Church I have seen and believe in my life since I was born up to now, I am saying this because I have visited many churches in my life and I know how they worship. I found out that Catholic church follow all the rules of the church many as the Bible teaches us, but only the status we bow down to, and carrying them made us Unclen in the eyes of the Lord. We can do all things, but such things made us Unclen and there is no where in the Bible taught us to practice on that way you have explained to us here. Read from Jeremiah 10:2-9, read from Exodus 20:4-6, read from Deuteronomy 4:15-20 and Deuteronomy 5:8-10, read from Romans 1:22-24, read from Psalms 115:4-8, read from Isaiah 44:9-20, and 45:20, read from 1 Kings 16:25-33, read from Zephaniah 1:2-9. Then ask yourself that why did Jesus warned the church in Revelation 2:20-23 by using the name Jezebel? You must to stop defending what is wrong my dear Brother. Don't say some people are condemning the Catholic church based on the status! Don't forget that 1John 4:1 gives us right to examine whatever comes to us and see if it is line up with what is written in the Bible or if it comes from God. Check yourself in the whole Bible and see if there is a single prophecy that support what we are doing it in the church as a status to practice it on this earth. Again, where in the Bible that said the first Christians did practiced such kind of Status? Are they not the one who seen Jesus physical? Why they didn't made his status or Mary status? They also left over to their followers but they too did nothing like this. Let us not use our own mind to do some things that is not written in the Bible please! Proverbs 14:12 says there is a way seems to be right in the eyes of man but at the end is death. I have stopped the Catholic church from now and I will no longer take part of their services anymore period! There is no where Christ and his Apostles taught us to practice such kind of status as the remembrance of them in worship or praying, neither shall they prophecies such things on behalf of them. It is time to stop following such things, don't tell me that they were no camera that time so they cannot say it. Before you think that way, first of all remember that the Bible talks about images and status and symbols and adults in the old testament before Christ and his Apostles, and Christ himself is the Lord so he knows whatever will take place before the end of the world or age's. But there is no where he or his apostles told us to do such things on behalf of them as a sign of whom they are. I have more to say but few to write, I will end my point here. Let us advice ourselves and remove that status from the Church, it is wrong and we need to accept our mistakes under the line of James 3:2. Thank you and may the Lord help us to understand the Bible well and stay away from the things that is not required in worshiping God. Be blessed you all.
Amen brother
Well & rightly said. Amen🙏🏻
Growing up as a kid on my way to church there are a lot of different denominations of Christian churches. But this old lady would always show disrespect Mary. And disrespect my dad for being Catholic and telling us we will go to hell. They’re always attacking people.
What a nasty bigot.. Where was that?
Self righteousness
You are, together with the ones behind this video, are instruments of God in strengthening our faith as Christians and Roman Catholics. I will definitely share this video to help others be enlightened of our religion. God bless all of us. 😇🙏♥️
Roman catholic doesn’t exist. We are catholics, full stop. The expression roman catholic was invented by the anglicans, to justify being catholics but not roman catholics. That’s bull shit. The Church is catholic = universal. Not roman catholic or canadian catholic.
Great explanation, for sure you have saved me back to my religious Catholic. Now I have full idea of why we bow and kiss statues.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Our Worship is the Holy Sacrifice of Mass.
Ive never understood how those who somehow find it edifying to worship God from the inside of a warehouse can find fault in the reverence of sacred statues and Saints.
And instead of a choir singing hymns, they got loud electric guitars and drums and vocalist.
Speaking from personal experience.
Your point is lost on me.
Why do you find it hard to find fault in the religious use of images? God condemns it a thousand times in the OT. I take it you dont believe the bible.
So true!!!
@@thomashess6211 - Mostly because God doesn’t condemn it in the Bible. That’s a made up Protestant belief, not a Christian one.
Take a look at what God commanded for the Ark of the Covenant or Solomons temple. (hint - it included use of statues). Protestants choose to reject that because they aren’t actually Christians.
O I get it to remember the saints?
Catholics: “we don’t worship statues,saints or Mary. We hold them in high honor so we’re venerate them. “
Anti Catholics: “No, you do worship them. Venerate is just another word for worship. “
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where is't writen they need adoration
This is very similar to how modern culture honor their sport stars and war heroes.
@@Hamann9631So you are saying honoring war heroes is idolatry or giving a sport star that performed well for a standing ovation is idolatry. Strangely not a single protestant church or theologian ever taught that. Nice try though.
There is a lot of confusion: there IS a difference between praying before a statue and praying to a statue.
When orthodox jews pray at the "wailing well" in Jerusalem are they praying to the wall?
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Great point. Thank you for this comment.
Blessings.
Could You explain this ?
“When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake… Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead’” (Matthew 8:18, 21-22).
If catholic see the saints see as family. It would be helpful to help me on the Matt 8:18.
What exactly is your question about this passage?
@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 The Question is “ If Jesus say let the dead bury their own dead.” Do we still need prayer of those who had passed on ? What it means that, saints who are passed on, they are Dead, do we still need their “help and advice”. In the OT, concerning those who had passed on, it also not okay to ask of them.
If someone could help me to understand it, much appreciated.
@@Leafisa, that passage most certainly does not mean that the saints who have passed from this life are dead. I have to work right now, but I will answer as soon as I can.
@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 Thank you very much
Hey Brother. I really dig this video it is VERY educational and you explained it very well. I've gone astray from the church a few years ago, but now I'm considering going back. Tonight I read my Bible and prayed for my famliy and friends and felt very good. After watching this video I feel like making the comeback to catholicism isn't a bad idea. Sadly I don't know if I am able to attend my local parish cause of COVID-19 so I might just watch an online live mass this coming Sunday. Alas I must thank you for this video, again I must say this you explained it very well! God bless!!!!!
GLORY TO GOD FOR ALL 🎆
The distinction of bowing to an angel in the two different scriptures was very important to share. Most protestants use the bowing in Revelation as fuel against catholics who bow to a priest, the pope, the altar, exc.
Micah 5:13
“I will cut off your carved images
And your sacred pillars from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down To the work of your hands.
Condemning idolatry, not images in general. Otherwise you should probably throw away your money. It has images on it.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial
That's the problem when they only rely on the scriptures alone.
The passage you quote talk about pagan idols
@@davidstrelec610I agree. In addition idols from pagan didn't exist in real life contrary to our statues honoring to God, Mary, angels and to all saints.
Thanks for the great videos. This topic is one of the biggest things that Protestants disagree on with Catholics.
The example that helped me see and understand why Catholics do this was, as a Protestant, I kiss my Bible, and even give my children teddy bears (graven
Images) that they hug and love.
I don’t consider that worship, just how this gentleman just stated. Thanks sir! God bless.
Praise God! God bless you. Thanks for the comment.
You're comparing a child hugging a teddy bear with an adult hugging a statue?! Bro LOL this is exactly the kind of childish thinking that is leading RCC to the pit, I am certain children do not grow up holding onto that teddy bear, they let it go. For adults, the only person we want to worship is God in and through Christ alone. You can't compare kissing the Bible to a statue! Jesus is the word, that's one thing, a statue is made with human hands, it has no authority, let us reason.
@@amartinez589 Catholics don’t worship anything but God. You say they do. In their hearts, they worship The One True God Almighty how you say you do. I grew up Catholic, and I never worshipped or was taught to worship anything other then God. Christians been doing it the Catholic way for centuries upon centuries .. relax, that means 1700 years worth of Christian ain’t going to hell I can tell you that. In fact, if the Catholic Church listened to Martin Luther you and I probably would be Catholics today. Really .. !
@@amartinez589 I bet you probably believe in a pre-tribulation rapture as well, and believe the church will be celebrating the marriage supper of the lamb during the 7 year tribulation too.
@@chrisa.9977 what do Catholics define as worship? I don’t kiss my Bible, I don’t raise my hands during worship, I do sing I do pray I do get on my knees in prayer, but I would never bow down to some statue and kiss it like the Catholics, if that’s not worship and veneration I don’t know what is. You guys are deluding yourselves saying people can kiss and bow down to statues and say that’s not worship. Even the apostles rebuked people for bowing down the them and they were living men with authority from God. For someone to even think it in their mind to craft a statue and lift it over their shoulders is a form of worship. I see thousands in the videos crowding around these statues during festivals and then cry in horror when they fall over. They make the faith look like a joke the only thing we saw raised over peoples shoulders in the Bible was the ark of the covenant and people were literally destroyed for not carrying it correctly. So what happens to the men that drop these statues or drop the glass of Jesus blood on the floor? If the ark had power and stirred the wrath of God, how much more Jesus blood?
My experience under 40 years of atheist communism was technically their statues were skillfully done, BUT none nor any object they built contained beauty, it was if when they banned God, the metaphysical attribute of beauty fled. There are objects that contain God's gift of beauty, When I saw Michelangelo's Pieta in St Peter's, tears sprang to eyes. It is Beauty, “Michelangelo Buonarotti made this.”
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Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful my brother! So clear. Thank you for these. I include you in my prayers. I will support your ministry soon God willing. Will keep in touch. Love what you do
Thank you so much brother 🙏❤️
Catholics absolutely positively worship saints and idols. All they do is change what their definition of "worship" is, and then say "See! We don't *WORSHIP* them, we just *venerate* them". Define it however you want, anyone who has an ounce of reasoning sees it for what is and knows that it is idol worship and saint worship.
The Catholic Church absolutely, positively doesn't worship saints or statues or idols, and in fact, the Catholic Church condemns that. We don't venerate statues either. And words do matter. Venerate means to respect, honor. Not worship. We only do that we people, not statues. God bless.
Define worship?
Praying and singing aren't worship.
Worship requires an altar and a sacrifice. Which indicates that you never worshipped.
Kneeling and bowing before statues is idolatry.
We don't kneel or bow to statues. That's Hinduism. Protestants bowing to altars is also idolatry.
Do a bookshelf review
from the Centenary Bible, it's 2 Corinthians 13 v 12 that says greet one another with the kiss of peace;
mind the verse well
Statues are not worshipped...they are icons used to help meditate on the life of Christ or the saints. like looking at a pic of a loved one when away from home
Ex 25: 18-20 😊❤
God can tell us to make whatever he wants, this doesn't mean we go ahead and make statues or anything we want to kiss and bow to them
Do not bow before anyone or anything except God our heavenly father it is written. There is no exceptions. Bow before any engraved image is a sin PERIOD!
Very true Bryan. I'm a Catholic and I have an uncle who is a presbyterian and he's even a pastor as well and when I visit his house i could see various pictures of Jesus and Mother Mary hanging on the walls. What I want to say is that prots knows only how to judge but not to understand. I just wonder what picture or images comes to their mind when they pray will it be of Jesus or something else since they tell us not to put statues because it's idolatry but they themselves also may be idolaters because when they pray they will also imagine the look of Jesus in their mind. May the Lord make them understand.
What is most important is your INTENTION and Not So much your gestures.
Catholics sometimes worship statues in opposition to Catholic Magisterium teaching. I know because I fell into that category as a Catholic. Nobody ever pointed it out to me that what I was doing was wrong, except when I read the Ten Commandments and put two and two together. I was worshipping statues right in front of Catholic parents and priests, and nobody ever bothered to check on my heart attitude while I was doing so; they simply smiled on me and encouraged what I was doing.
thank you
WHEN YOU SEE ANTS WHEN THEY MEET EACH OTHER THEY KISS AND THEN GO ON THEIR WAY
This is good.. I just donated 20$ for the second time. I love this ministry. But its True.. I see my family having saints... Virgin mary.. Etc. But no CHRIST.. And it scares me... I tell my Aunt? I love the saints and Mary. But PLEASE put jesus in your collection..... 🙏🏻
Thank you so much angel for the support, we very much appreciate it!! God bless you!
@@CatholicTruthOfficial thank you..i will gladly donate 80$ if you send me scriptures on saved/works.. Baby babtism.... Confessing to a priest.. Idolatry in the church debunked..... And purgatory in scriptures.. That way i can respond to the other denominations... God BLESS you all..
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And hence this the problem with statues. Unfortunately statues have become part of our catholic tradition and unfortunately it has a risk of becoming a distracting crutch.
Don't lie; bowing, kneeling and kissing is a sign of reverence and this is what it means to worship. If God came to earth today are these not the kind of things you would do in his presence, then why are you doing it to idols and lying that is not a form of worship? Answer this honestly, can I spit on the likeness of whomever you bow and kneel to without being offended? If not, you worship idols because you deem them worthy of honour and respect. But hey don't lose your faith because of a TH-cam comment, do you!
No, this is not always what it means to worship. When I kiss my wife, do I worship her? When King David bowed before Bathsheba, was he worshiping her? Of course not. Protestants kneel in front of their Bible; are they worshiping it? Yes, these things can be an act of worship in some cases, but as we showed, like with Jacob bowing out of respect before Esau, that they do not always mean worship.
If you spit at a picture of my family, I would be offended. So, if you spit at pictures of my brothers and sisters in heaven, I would be offended by that too because we are all family. The saints are worthy of honor and respect, but not worship. There is a very big difference between these two acts. Worship and adoration is for God alone.
So if I'm reverent to someone in say Japan, by bowing to them... That's worship???
Only Catholics worship in Spirit and Truth.
Ryan when can we discuss some of your fallacy videos , open your comment section , don’t be a coward , I promise the warriors of truth will be fair with you.
@@andrewdrew677 Says the person who commited an abomination against the Holy Spirit. We can't discuss anything because you do not understand scripture and you will never answer any questions which jeopardize your false paradigm.
@@dannyboy6598 Statues? Were there not statues in the Temple commissioned by God Himself.
Before commenting again, please look us what a graven image is.
@@dannyboy6598 Again, what is a graven image? Also take out every single photo of your family from your wallet and burn them. Photos are like statues. They are images. When God made the world He blessed it and said it was good. This would include water, oil, bread and yes, even images.
A graven image is something you worship as a god. Heck, money can be worshipped. Ex 20:4-5? Do you not see the word IDOL in those passages? Idol, means what the Israelites did when they made the "Golden Calf." You can make that argument if you want, but statues are not idols.
The greatest image ever made was Jesus who was the image of God. We are also made in the image and likeness of God.
So now you can say you meet someone who can discuss Exodus 20:4-5. And Don't bother responding because I've had this conversation many times before and it is boring.
@@dannyboy6598 Do you read and obey the bible? If I ask you a question will you diligently answer it? I call it the Disciple of Christ Test.
Thank you so much for all your hard work. I've learned so much!
God bless!
So glad! God bless you!
We are not worshiping statues but give them respect
You made me knownthe truth praise the lord
Yes, praise the Lord!
@@004followtheword wouldn't that be "your interpretation" of the way God wants?
facts!!!!!
Thank you Brian for explaining clearly the Catholic beliefs . God Bless you, your family and all the Catholic Christian to strengthen our beliefs that we are worshiping and believing the right way.
There is a lie beneath your doctrine. Of course you'd say you are not worshipping idols but in reality, you are! If you're not worshipping graven images then why make one? There is a lie beneath that doctrine.
Thank you brother we need more of this.
Good content as always
Of course we Catholics do not worship statues. In related news, we do not worship Mary or the pope either.
I am Catholic from India. Thank you for this video. But i still have some more doubts.
I have seen in lot of catholic church/Chapel's Lighting candles, putting on flowers etc and claming this is Miraculous Statue of Saint/Mary. If the Statues are made by human. How can it be Miraculous or Can god be present in that statue ??
Glad you liked the video. Candles represent Jesus who is the light of the world. They also represent our prayers going up to God. So we are not letting the candle TO the saint for worship, but just as a symbol of our prayer. The same thing for flowers. The flowers are not for the statue but for Mary or the saint in heaven. It's a symbolic Act of love. If they were here in person, we would give them flowers in person. But since we can't we make this symbolic gesture at one of their pictures. Nothing to do with worship though.
Every once in awhile, there may be something Supernatural or miraculous that happens with a statue, like it bleeding or crying. But no, God is not in the statues. Anything that happens is by his power from heaven. Similar to in the Bible, Paul healed somebody from a disease with a handkerchief. A headband. But of course we don't believe God was in there, we believe that God used that to help somebody in need. He showed his power through it. He can do the same thing through a statue if he wants to. But that's very very rare.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial Yes i Agree. But the same way Hindus worship the idols gods. Put flowers, milk , candles etc They can also say we are not worshipping the idols We are just paying respect to the idols. Then idol worship us nullified right.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial See my concern with our Catholic Church is. We give more importance to all other things from Saints, their prayers ,Novena's, Miraculous statues etc etc But i notice our Catholic Church is giving less importance/ priority to the Bible. Making people read/ know more about Bible.
If you have seen a Catholic and other. Protestant/ Believers See how well they know about word of God and look at Catholics, I bet you majority of the people don't even read Bible. Forget about knowing Bible.
That is what i want to get this seriously change in our Catholic Church
This Was really helpfull🙏 Thank you. Just still feel a little bit uncertain what is worship or adolatry and what you Call this act, that protestants judge as adolatry....
But the amazing thing you did for me here, Was helping me discover how I am predudice and judge on outside manifestations in stead of asking how they Think and feel. This is a great key
🙏💖😄👍 Thank you
You are welcome. Here is another video you may enjoy. th-cam.com/video/GrvktdJJUIk/w-d-xo.html
No catholic worships statues. That's a mortal sin.
@@Kitiwake that is just based on your faulty interpretation of the Scriptures you Protestant cult.
The Church uses statues as a learning tool and remembrance, but we do pray to the person because they are in heaven and the have GOD’s ear. Some people pray to saint Jude The Patron Saint of Loss Causes when they loose something. A lot of people pray to our Blessed Mother because she has her son’s ear. Jesus will not refuse her. A person can ask The Almighty for something and your Heavenly Father might say NO, but by having someone to speak for you only helps when a loving father is making a decision. We know. These various saints are not GOD. And when talking to a certain saint, we know they
Brian, great work! The best video I have seen on this topic, very well thought out & explained.
You could have perhaps also mentioned that non-Catholics must respectfully come to us and ask us "if we are worshipping a statue" instead of making assumptions on their own & accusing us (because they speak as if they are in our head & know what we are doing). I mean it should be a general courtesy to come & ask someone what they are doing.
They don’t understand the danger behind it only the statues
Isaiah 46:6
“Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
The key word is "god". There is no "saint" written. You are just interpreting Scripture poorly.
@@Hamann9631 wrong. You must first acknowledge something as a god to call an act a form of worship. Otherwise, everything is just a misunderstanding. What is a god? Anything that is replacing God.
Unfortunate thing is given all these explanations in regards to the topic. Protestantes will dismiss these explanations and still hold to the belief that Catholics worship idols.
Bowing or kneeling to the image of something divine or sanctified while praying is definitely an act of worship in every other situation. People pray to images of mary believing this will cure ailments etc, so what would you call this? It is an act of idol worship. Everyone except catholics who are in denial seems to understand that the catholic church is very idolatrous. It's common historical understanding that those who sought to convert early pagans to christians converted pagan Holidays and rituals, giving them a christian veneer in order to suit the needs of both sides. Catholics devotion to Mary is nothing but the goddess worship of old.
You don't understand Catholicism clearly. Having Mary pray for you is not idolatry. It's intercessory prayer which is biblical. Second, the Catholic Church condemns bowing before statues, and so we don't bow to statues or pray to them or worship them in any way. Did you watch the video at all? This was all explained. We also showed that from the Bible just because you bow before something doesn't make it or ship. But then again, Catholics don't bow to statues. I think you're thinking of Hindus.
I’ve seen the pope bowing to a statue of Mary.
If people listen to mass actually they can understand who we are worshiping. The mass is fully dedicated to God and not another person
I totally get what you are saying but sadly some people go for total worship of Mary and almost ignore the Trinity. It is about the intention of the heart. I venerated the like button lol.
The point about kissing the photo is very good! Can you imagine a wife saying his husband is adulterous after kissing her own photo?
God bless you brother ..
worship definition:
the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity. Yes, Catholics worship Mary and saints
False. Catholics don't worship Mary. Lol.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial that’s what you tell yourself.
Are you going to make a call, and you need to back it up with actual proof. Show us one place in any official Catholic document or it says to worship mary. And I will show you many where it says not to and that we worship Jesus alone. I will await your citations.
@@CatholicTruthOfficial see the definition of adoration. Yes, you worship Mary
A blind leading blinds you all will fall into the same ditch. Never mind how eloquent you may sound Brother or how many text you quote. The worship should be in spirit and in Truth. Catholic way of worship prove that catholic is the prostitute of Revelation 17:
Because the pagan worship is based on graven images and exactly what you are doing i counsel everyone here to come out from her as per what JESUS CHRIST says in Revelation 18:1-4
From the clothing of the Catholic priest up to what they say prove to be the beast of Revelation 13:2-10 Revelation 17 and Daniel 7:24-25
Once again go back to the history in Bible pagan worship is always linked to image worship, idols even till today go to Asia l: like to India, Thailand, Sri-Lanka Nepal all these asian countries up today enter in their temple you see prayer bits, idols of humans and animals the same you find them in the Catholic church. Look at Saint Peter basilic you will get serpents, you will get funny images all those doing what in your churches? Brother be honest stoo lying to people. I know you are doing this not because you don't know the truth but you are doing the work of the Jesuits who are there to destroy the work of JESUS CHRIST accomplished by reformers. Tell the worl the Truth and save yourself dear Brother i advise you to do not do the work of the devil. The Catholic church can't escape all the characteristics of a paganism. Tell the world the Truth. “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
- John 3:19 (KJV)
JESUS CHRIST is still waiting for you. Je loves you but hate what you are doing because this type of work is the one JESUS will reject at the day of judgement.
Come out of her My people
Revelation 18:4
You just made me feel good cause I want the body of christ to combine and not be hell bound
We catholic worship and honour GOD .God send His only begotten son to save mankind.There are miracles taking places in Christianity .One need to pray with faith n Trust .Just try n SEEK n you will FIND.trust me .
“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:”
- Exodus 20:4 (KJV)
We answered that verse and showed how Protestants don't understand it and take it out of context in our first video. th-cam.com/video/GrvktdJJUIk/w-d-xo.html
get rid of your avatar its a graven image🤦♂️
Also get rid of your money too because that has images...
According to the Bible :We walk by faith not by sight
Remember the golden calf
They knew God But they wanted an image of so they did it In a form of a calf
You made a huge mistake here
That is definitely not what the verse means. Also, God did not have an image before Christ, and was Himself an image when Christ was incarnate. Hence images can be used now more extensively (they were used extensively in the temple as well).
Yes brother INTENTION! There you go!