CATHOLICS WORSHIP IDOLS! Really?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2023
- If you are catholic, you probably get called an idol worshipper more times than you care to count. Many non-Catholics believe that what they call worship is the biblical standard... so who is right? Let's take a look at history and Scripture to find out.
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This video is fire Daniel! 💯💯💯
Shout it from the rooftops! Christians have lost touch with WHAT worship is if they are not Catholic or Orthodox.
Thank you. And that’s a sad reality. I hope at least some Protestants are brought to the Truth through this video.
Your deceived and not your fault love you and seems like you need to read your Bible not let people tell you it's obvious that you do or you would not believe this yourself if you take 100% pure spring water and put one drop of pee in it would you drink it? If not this is what this man does give you 99% Truth and the one percent he changed "that is why Catholics took out the commandment about not worshiping idols" to deceive wake up study for yourself
Great video!
In my experience, I find those that hurl those accusations are intellectually dishonest.
You would think that when you accuse another of something you'd do the responsible thing and research primary sources- but that is rarely the case.
Instead, they regurgitate tired old talking points.
Your video is concise and to the point- thank you!
I agree. I notice the same thing.
Hi Daniel. Thank you for being a great lay apostolate. I truly appreciate you illustrating the importance of the Jewish roots of Catholicism! Keep up the good work!
This is a relief to be honest. I have a Jewish friend who's family is affiliated to Messianic Judaism and he was very curious about our Catholic faith (eg. confession with priests etc) and I'm happy that I stumbled into this because at least I can better explain to him about the veneration of saints in our faith. Thank you so much! ❤
Send him over to my channel. Check the playlist called “ESSENTIALS”.
Where in your Bible does it say that any saint should be venerated or worshiped?
@@TheJewishCatholic Scripturally speaking, there is no such thing as a Jewish Catholic.
@@cbooth151ask the Church fathers who put the new testament together
@@Phantom-xp2co If I were to ask the so-called Church Fathers where the term 'Jewish Catholic' is in the NT, what would they say?
BTW, if the so-called Church Fathers put the Bible together, where in the Bible would they say that statues and relics can be worshiped?
There is nothing Protestants do that equates to worshiping God ONLY that all humans don't already do to honor, cheer, comfort or encourage living human beings eg singing/bands/dancing/prayer. Even prayer, pastors emphasize that prayer just means "talk to."
Oh oh… you may trigger some folks. Lol
That's what my wife says on more than one occasion.😂 @@TheJewishCatholic
@@SaintCharbelMiracleworker @You are very stupid, man.. you just want to defend the Protestant sect, but instead you are trapped by the video above 😂🤣
First time seeing one of your videos and brilliantly done!👏 As an older cradle Catholic, it's one of the best I've seen explaining our worship differences, and I'm absolutely thrilled to see it come from a member of the younger generation!!!❤
God bless you and everyone! ✝️🙏
Wow, thank you! And welcome to the channel.
Excellent Catholic content, thank you Daniel.
Glad you enjoyed it! Glory to the Most High.
Excellent Catholic and Jewish content. That’s the point!
@@jeffstumpf9129 Yes, true. Though intertwined from a Catholic perspective.
Excelente programa, saludos Daniel 🗽
Great video! Excellent content! Keep it up!
Thank you for the great content. Shalom from Malaysia
Well said my brother
To those who are trying to rebut Daniel , he was a Jewish as well as a Protestant which enabled him to look at Christianity from multiple perspectives which is also known as Syntopical learning or syntopical reading - the most advanced form of learning
It enables him to evaluate between different ideas to come to a solid conclusion by analysing the Big Picture itself
This idea is mentioned in Learning Science, you can learn more about this from Dr Justin Sung (10 years experience as learning coach) 🙏🙏🙏
Wow gracias por tan valiosa información 🙏💒🕊🙌
A la orden
Excellent information!
Glad it was helpful!
This is AMAZING! Please do a part 2!!
The whole world should hear this. Teach them . Thank God for you. I love this.
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
Salamat sa Diyos. Amen!
Worship = sacrifice 🙌
Exactly!
What?
You mean it's not listening to a good sermon?
quote----Worship = sacrifice .. unquote
What is being sacrificed but one's time???
@@mitchellosmer1293The unbloody REPRESENTATION of Calvary at the Holy Mass is a sacrifice of praise & thansgiving
How Protestant sees Worship:
Worship = Praise.
Hi, Daniel!
You mean TRANSUBSTANTIATED instead of BLESSED bread and wine.
Yes, I’ve read both books that you mentioned and they are outstanding!
God bless!
”Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after BLESSING it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”“
Matthew 26:26
Both words imply the same thing. In Scripture blessed is used and we know what it means. Context helps to identify. Understanding the proper Hebraic terms and setting will also help.
Great video, brother! I have a couple of questions, probably related.
The first is about the teraphim, why didn't God condemn Micah for making them and using them for priestly worship? Were teraphim actually the same as pagan idols or something else?
Second question, what are exactly the Urim and Thumim? We know they used to make decisions using them to get an answer from God (correct me if I'm wrong please). But how were they used? The Bible doesn't give any indication of that.
When I read Scriptures carefully and try to picture the things written and what people were doing, how things might've looked, again, solely based on the Bible's descriptions, I see that ancient Judaism, and the daily lives of ancient Jews, are different from what we commonly think in popular culture
Wow I'm impressed with your deep understanding of sacrifice I'm the New Testament.
Wasnt too long at all
It’s very informative
It’s the feast day of st Jerome tmoro
I’m listening to you from South Africa
Loved this talk
And YES. I have been called an idolator and a statue worshiper and I’ve even been called a cannibal and I’m just tired of always trying to explain
It somehow always lands up in an argument
Thank you Daniel and God bless you 🙏🏻
The cannibal accusation is not new. Some Romans accused early (1st and 2nd century) Christians of cannibalism.
I always tell my students: "Those who define your words, define your reality.'
Currently the word "love" is undergoing a change from the post-hippy era redefinition.
In the last 60 years the word "food" has been redefined due to the food industry trying to sell us as "food" what our ancestors would never considered as such
Words' definitions are alwys undergoing changes, some adapting new elements while dropping others.
That is why those who approach the Bible as it was written in contemporary English would miss a lot.
The idea that worship is only singing would be foreign to ancient Jewish ears who understood that you need an altar, an animal victim and a priest to do that.
And the early Christians understood that. That is why St. Paul compared the Table of the Lord with the Table of the Demons, the place where both a sacrifice takes place.
@trollpatrol7215 While all glory be to Jesus Christ, he commanded his disciples to do one thing in his memory (and it is not to sing him praises).
I believe that we require a tradition and body of Authority to understand the meaning of the Bible because without any reference points we will only falsely interpret the scriptures
Eg, New Age believers try to confirm their metaphysics like law of attraction by nitpicking ideas from Biblical verses and in order to rebut their claims we need a solid Reference point
Passover requires a priest and a lamb. At the last supper Jesus was both. As you note Jesus was quite clear about the form of worship being The Sacrifice of The Eucharist I can't see how anyone who claims to be Christian could deny it.
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Prepara este contenido en español por favor 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Es muy muy muyyyyyy necesario.
Quisiera. Necesito Más tiempo
What about attributing sinlessness to Mary and the immaculate conception? Could you do a video on this, please, to help me understand? Having no sin seems more like a godly characteristic than human so I struggle with this and it keeps me out of communion with the Church. Thank you. 🙏
The Immaculate Conception
Eight reasons for belief in the Immaculate Conception:
1. Mary is revealed to be “full of grace” in Luke 1:28.
2. Mary is revealed to be the fulfillment of the prophetic “Daughter of Zion” of Isaiah 12:1-6; Zephaniah 3:14-16; Zechariah 2:10; etc.
3. Mary is revealed to be “the beginning of the new creation” in fulfillment of the prophecy of Jeremiah 31:22.
4. Mary is revealed to possess a “blessed state” parallel with Christ’s in Luke 1:42.
5. Mary is called not just “blessed” among women, but “more blessed than all women” (including Eve) in Luke 1:42.
6. Mary is revealed to be the spotless “Ark of the Covenant” in Luke 1.
7. Mary is revealed to be the “New Eve” in Luke 1:37-38; John 2:4, 19:26-27; Revelation 12; and elsewhere.
8. Mary is revealed to be free from the pangs of labor in fulfilment of Isaiah 66:7-8.
Hartmann Grisar, Martin Luther: His Life and Work quote from pg 238 - Luther “It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary's soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God's gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin"
Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” 1 John 1:8 adds, “If any man says he has no sin he is a liar and the truth is not in him.” These texts could not be clearer for millions of Protestants: “How could anyone believe that Mary was immaculate in light of these passages from Scripture? What’s more, Mary herself said, ‘My soul rejoices in God my savior’ in Luke 1:47. She clearly understood herself to be a sinner if she admits to needing a savior.”
Not a few Protestants are surprised to discover that the Catholic Church actually agrees that Mary was “saved.” Indeed, even if she was conceived immaculate, Mary still needed a savior! However, Mary was “saved” from sin in a most sublime manner. She was given the grace to be “saved” completely from sin so she never committed even the slightest transgression. The problem here is that Protestants tend to emphasize God’s “salvation” almost exclusively to the forgiveness of sins actually committed. However, Sacred Scripture indicates that salvation can also refer to man being protected from sinning before the fact.
The great Franciscan theologian, Duns Scotus, explained ca. 600 years ago that falling into sin could be likened to a man approaching unaware a massive twenty-foot-deep ditch. If he falls into the ditch, he will need someone to lower a rope and save him. But if someone were to warn him of the danger ahead, resulting in him not falling into the ditch at all, the man would have been saved from falling in the first place. Analogously, Mary was saved from sin by receiving the grace to be preserved from it. But she was still saved.
The question remains: how do we know that Mary is an exception to the norm of “all have sinned”? And more specifically, is there biblical support for the Immaculate Conception? Yes, there is. Indeed, there is much biblical support, but in this brief article I shall cite just three examples, among the eight, as I said before, that give us biblical support for this ancient doctrine of the Faith.
1. Luke 1:28
And [the angel Gabriel] came to [Mary] and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.”
Many Protestants will insist that this text is little more than a common greeting of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary. “What would this have to do with an immaculate conception?” Yet the truth is, according to Mary herself, that this was no common greeting. The text reveals Mary to have been “greatly troubled at the saying and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be” (Luke 1:29). What was it about this greeting that was so uncommon for Mary to react this way? There are at least two key reasons:
First, according to many biblical scholars as well as Pope St. John Paul II, the angel did more than simply greet Mary. The angel actually communicated a new name or title to her. In Greek, the greeting was kaire, kekaritomene, or “hail, full of grace.” Generally speaking, when one greeted another with kaire, a name or title would almost be expected to be found in the immediate context. “Hail, king of the Jews” in John 19:3 and “Claudias Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greeting” (Acts 23:26) are two biblical examples of this. The fact that the angel replaces Mary’s name in the greeting with “full of grace” was anything but common. This would be analogous to me speaking to one of our tech guys at Catholic Answers and saying, “Hello, he who fixes computers.” In our culture, I would just be considered weird. But in Hebrew culture, names, and name changes, tell us something that is permanent about the character and calling of the one named. Just recall the name changes of Abram to Abraham (changed from “father” to “father of the multitudes”) in Genesis 17:5, Saray to Sarah (“my princess” to “princess”) in Genesis 17:15, and Jacob to Israel (“supplanter” to “he who prevails with God”) in Genesis 32:28.
In each case, the names reveal something permanent about the one named. Abraham and Sarah transition from being a “father” and “princess” of one family to being “father” and “princess” or “mother” of the entire people of God (see Isa. 51:1-2; Rom. 4:1-18). They become patriarch and matriarch of God’s people forever. Jacob/Israel becomes the patriarch whose name, “he who prevails with God,” continues forever in the Church, which is called “the Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16). The people of God will forever “prevail with God” in the image of the patriarch Jacob, who was not just named Israel, but truly became “he who prevails with God.”
2. An Ancient Prophecy: Genesis 3:15
Genesis 3:15 is often referred to by biblical scholars as the Protoevangelium. It is a sort of “gospel” before “the gospel.” This little text contains in very few words God’s plan of salvation, which would be both revealed and realized in the person of Jesus Christ. Yet when one reads the text, one cannot help but note that this prophetic woman seems to have what could be termed almost a disturbing prominence and importance in God’s providential plan:
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Not only do we have the Virgin Birth here implied because the text says the Messiah will be born of “the seed of the woman” (the “seed” is normally of the man), but notice that “the woman” is not included as “the seed” of the devil. It seems that both the woman and her seed are in opposition to and therefore not under the dominion of the devil and “his seed”-i.e., all who have original sin and are “by nature children of wrath” as Paul puts it in Ephesians 2:3. Here, we have in seed form (pun intended) the fact that the woman-Mary-would be immaculate, without sin, especially original sin, just as her son-the Messiah-would be. The emphasis on Mary is truly remarkable in that the future Messiah is mentioned only in relation to her. There can be little doubt that a parallel is being drawn between Jesus and Mary and their absolute opposition to the devil.
3. Mary, Ark of the Covenant
The Old Testament Ark of the Covenant was a true icon of the sacred. It was a picture of the purity and holiness God fittingly demands of those objects and persons most closely associated with himself and the plan of salvation. Because it would contain the presence of God symbolized by three types of the coming Messiah-the manna, the Ten Commandments, and Aaron’s staff-it had to be pure and untouched by sinful man (see Exod. 25:10ff; Num. 4:15; 2 Sam. 6:1-9; Heb. 9:4).
In the New Testament, the new and true ark would be not an inanimate object, but an immaculate person: the Blessed Mother. How much more pure would the new and true ark be when we consider that the old ark was a mere “shadow” in relation to it (see Heb. 10:1)? This image of Mary as the Ark of the Covenant is an indicator that Mary would fittingly be immaculate, free from all contagion of sin in order for her to be a worthy vessel to bear God in her womb. And most importantly, just as the Old Covenant ark was pristine from the moment it was constructed with explicit divine instructions in Exodus 25, so would Mary be most pure from the moment of her conception. God, in a sense, through the Immaculate Conception, prepared his own dwelling place in both the Old and New Testaments.
Links Ark & Mary between 2 Samual & Luke
they both travelled to the hill county of Judea
David & Mary ask how can the Lord come to me
David & Elizabeth claim their unworthiness
David leaping & dancing & John the Baptist leaping in the womb of Elizabeth expressing their joy at the PRESENCE
Blessed by the PRESENCE
Stayed 3 mths in both cases
They return to the Temple in Jerusalem
Celebrate & rejoice in the Lord
Both humble
Held in honour & all generations shall call me Blessed
www.catholic.com/video/was-mary-always-sinless
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to my question and the thoroughness of your answer. This will take me some time to re-read, research, and comprehend. I may have more questions down the line. I am very appreciative! Thank you!
Hello!
im also a jew, i am convinved that jesus is the messiah, but im not convinced that i should join any specific christian denomination, since I still believe i need to observe the Torah, and thats heretical in all of these denominations including catholicism.
this was reinforced with regards to the idolatry issue, since i have seen statues in some churches, and that is forbidden to me as a jew bc of commandment 3 (which i thought the cahtolic church still holds to some extant)
what do you say to that ?
any advice would be much appreciated!
thank you!
The CC has combined the 2nd Commandment with the 1st & insists that we only worship God & have no graven images. Catholics do not worship or the saints, but instead venerate them, which critics regard as worship! Remember that for 1500 yrs of Christianity, there were few bibles & even then, many could not read, so stained glass & statues were used to depict Christianity.
The CC separated the 10th into two with the 9th not to covet one’s wife & the 10th not to covet thy neighbour’s goods, a sensible separation of human from goods
Check out these two channels on youtube if you haven't already with believers in Yeshua that reside in Israel: 'So be it', and 'One for Israel'
I myself go to a Baptist church. Make sure wherever you land has sound doctrine and that you can cross reference your bible to what's being preached. God bless.
@@geoffjs hmm thank you for the info
Yes, really
Orthodox brethren should be lucky they do not get as much flak as Catholics do
Confirmation that the CC is the real thing!
Yes the RCC does worship idols/icons. There's a plethora of videos showing them bowing down to statues/icons/idols to Aid them in Worship, which is condemned in the Bible. Anyone who is claiming otherwise is being disingenuous.
I live in Japan, we bow to each other ALL THE TIME! Is that idolatry? In the Scripture itself you have the example of people bowing to kings... is that idolatry? Joseph bowed before his brothers. Is that idolatry. Joshua bowed before the Ark of the Covenant. Is that idolatry? The is a difference between a simple bow and actually serving and worshiping. to deny this reality is disingenuous.
Should I believe you or Daniel who has more experience as a Jewish and a Protestant
Your comment reminds me of Albert Einstein's quote which goes like Thinking is Hard Work as a result only few do it 🤣🤣🙏
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God commanded Moses to make a statue of a serpent (Numbers 21:7-8). He also commanded the making of cherubim, a holy man, and a lion (Ezekiel 41:18-19; Exodus 25:19-20). In 2 Kings 3:15-19, a prophet did not destroy a holy image of another prophet who had prophesied the destruction of idols of the Israelites.
Please identify which images are considered unholy and holy, as God has given you the intellect to understand the context of the Bible. Why did God command prophets to carve images when He Himself made the Ten Commandments, including the first commandment which states, "Do not worship idols or carve them," for He is a jealous God? If that is your argument, then God made a huge mistake. However, He did not. At that time, the Israelites (Jewish people) worshipped idols and considered them as gods, which is why God became angry with them. He instructed His prophets to make a church with many images of cherubim, a holy man, and a lion. He made no mistakes at all; only other sects made a big mistake by thinking that we, Catholics, disobeyed God's commandments.
The answer is in the video, if you watched and paid attention. The issue is not the making of images and statues, the issue is offering them worship/sacrifice. If you actually believe an image is a god and you intend to serve it as if it were a deity and you offer it sacrifice, then that is idolatry.
@@TheJewishCatholic i am a Catholic by birth. I just posted it so that the other sects might know that God also instructed to his prophets to make a statue or an image. I will never consider them as God because there is only one God, one essence, one substantce entirely simple. only a divine person that makes them separate. I was just stating the fact based on the holy scripture.
Let me correct you on on thing: Praying and reading the Holy scriptures, and singing songs of praise to G-d, are part of worship, but sacrificing to G-d is greater worship! Halleluyah!
How would you rate "listening to a good sermon"?
@@KitiwakePreaching is a form of teaching, so Protestantism, generally, has no altars & no liturgical sacrificial worship as commanded by Jn 6 51-58, so not “church”, more like a synagogue
I watched a video where a Catholic pointed out how americans treat their flag on events like funerals of soldiers and then said: "If that flag would be Mary, they would call this out."
Yes!! I have always thought this. If Catholics worship saints, then Americans worship the American flag, fallen soldiers, and the military (especially the older generation)..
And Protestantism worships the Bible Alone!
To be fair, some Catholics do appear to engage in idol worship, but idolatry is against Church teaching. ♥
They do. Especially in Latin America. I’m a Catholic but I see it when I go to churches in Mexico the people are not properly catechized so they often misuse the concepts. I’ve seen it in the United States as well and it all comes down to being poorly catechized
Exodus 20 4-5 if you are bowing down and praying to anything period but God "no statues, painting or anything"rosary beads" your a deceiver yourself if you believe that you are right and I hope you wake up repent and spend your life preaching the good news.... JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH.....
You are clearly not familiar with the biblical and Hebraic ideas of worship or idolatry. May want to study these before making claims you can’t substantiate.
@@TheJewishCatholic The Israelites failed, all youre promoting is a Replacement Theology Lite, and repeating the same mistakes of the Hebrews.
Catholics love to use buzz words, and clearly your use of “scripture” is really just allegorical to justify tradition. The only thing unfortunately that youve taken from the Jewish background is their propensity to fall on Rabbinic tradition and Paganism.
You are clearly not familiar with the Biblical narrative, maybe you want to brush up on that.
It's funny how you hate Catholics because our denomination faithfully fulfills the Jewish tradition 🤣🤣🤣🙏
Bro for real lol that's like never telling your wife you love her and telling her mother every time instead of her your a fool repent
The Bible tells us about what happens to those who call others fool…. And in your case, with literally no understanding of Catholic teaching.