From The 10 Commandments Spacifically Phrohibit Idol Worship Graven Images And …..?
Why Catholics use crucifixes, kissing the Virgin Mary and maintain standards in their dashboards?
- Only the Catholics: Why do Graven Images When the Bible says, "You shall not make a graven image"?
- If Catholics are not engaged in Idol Worship, how about Hinduism?
- Why do Catholics Worship idols and false gods (primary) at 10 commandments says not?
- Catholics regularly bow down to idols / icons / images of Jesus / Mary / apostles, kissing the feet Ofstatues/praying4them?
- Catholics do not really change the Ten Commandments?
Wrong. It is forbidden to worship images recorded - and the Catholic Church also prohibited.
Something is an idol, only if they worshiped him.
The fundamentalists worship a book - what's up with that? Also, worship money and possessions of the Church .. cast used to go .. Pastor Freakin Corvette had a collection, a huge expensive house, and most of the congregation was wealthy.
Look in your own backyard.
If you're going to bash Catholics, and then hit them for what they do wrong and not what they think they do wrong.
Christians are not party to the Old Covenant Ten Commandments. Only Israel is commanded not to have or worship recorded images. These images were recorded of animals and created things, and not the images of the creator, for example. If you want to point out their mistakes, focus on their works against the theology of faith.
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Because they do not worship them. The images are not prohibited as visual aids, just as objects of worship.
God had done for images of the Temple in Jerusalem. The images of angels and animals were made by order of God, to adorn the temple. So obviously, the use of images is not the problem, making the recorded images to be worshiped. We do not worship images.
Many non-Catholics to put nativity scenes at Christmas, as well as non-Catholic churches to put up large life of the cribs. With that definition would be too "idols". Obviously, a nativity scene is used to remember and commemorate the birth of Christ … a visual aid. Like the statues and crucifixes used by Catholics.
Catholics make a distinction between worship and worship …
In other words, there are different levels of worship for Catholics. The highest level, worship (or "Latria") is reserved for the Trinity.
This is a question of how they have interpreted their faith, and is a point of controversy that keeps Christians from unification.
It is also something the atheist use point out the hypocrisy of religion …
John W, and Catholic Defense has hit the nail on the head with his answers.
In reality it is hitting on 2 separate issues. Worship 1) religious art 2)
Question for you ….
How do you know you have the correct interpretation of what they are idols and idols?
Who gave you that authority? (no offense)
Good question, because if there is some authority to define how to correctly interpret the scriptures, there is no way to resolve the small differences of opinion or even more important as this. - Again, no offense.
You read the text and think clearly contradicts the teachings of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church says exactly the same text, interprets it the same way, BUT, you see a huge difference between what they teach and what you think they do.
Who is right?
I will say this for obvious from the Catholic church … Catholic Church was using its connection back to the original apostles to assemble and discern what to include and exclude in the Bible. Before the Catholic Church called for councils to decide how the Bible did not exist in conflict and had only unofficial "lists" of text, leading the faithful astray and causing heresy. Therefore, the church created the canon of the Bible to address the issue of what is and is not "writing"
Thus, the Bible is essentially a Catholic document.
Say what you will about his beliefs or his scandals .. but most people would assume the organization that the book has some authority to interpret, on the other. RIGHT?
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Most Protestant denominations have adopted a narrow interpretation of an ancient classification of items that have been around since almost the beginning of time. That's .. class of objects called "Religious Art" Some Protestants have completely rejected any and all religious art. This goes against almost all of human history.
Human beings have always made images of the things they care deeply. Religion is one of those things in particular.
Sculptures, necklaces, paintings, etc may be examples of religious art.
Always being made to beautify the home, concentrate the mind, and serve as a reminder of what is most important there is nothing wrong with them.
While the materials themselves are not worshiped or placed above the 1 true God, who is not an idol.
This is the distinction that Protestants have lost sight of. They have forgotten that the representation of people, places, events, permits, etc. in a religious way, as long as they are not, themselves, or those who worshiped in them, believed God and therefore placed above the father.
This brings us to point 2. Definition of Worship
Christianity historically has differentiated 2 types of religious activities. The Latin words for them is "canned goods" and "Dulia"
The Protestants, after breaking with Catholicism, he lost sight of this principle and teaching. In the past 2 centuries, most Protestants have completely forgotten how to distinguish between 2 and in most cases are not even aware that they exist.
What is Dulia and canned goods?
Canned goods is Latin for worship which is offered only to God. God alone is worthy enough to worship. Harem is to give nothing but the only true God, worship. Harem is an old word that has no direct translation into the English language, but means more or less. "what is soo horrible and terrible, one can not even think about it, much less say"
To give a mortal human being "canned goods" is blasphemy. Catholics are repulsed by the idea of worshiping other thing after God 1 true, that love and adore.
Dulia - dulia Latin for "respect and honor" Reverence is a kind of respect and honor the holy people, so it is "dulia"
Still revere or respect for people in modern times.
1) When a judge enters the courtroom - we all get up or stand .. this is a form of Dulia
2) When a foreign dignitary comes, is often greeted at the airport, people often bow
3) The judges are called "honor" as a mark of respect
4) rights are often called "Your Excellency, Your Highness, my domain etc dulia as a sign or respect.
5) The children could have a poster of a sports athlete who aspire to be like or use your shirt, or their number, as a badge of honor and respect of the person sporting achievement.
These and many more are examples of Dulia or respect in everyday life … things you do not think twice, because they are religious. But it does show that we can show respect, kissed his hand, bow, etc, without adoring the thing to show respect. Anotherwards, humans are able to differentiate the 2.
In the Western world in the last 100 years, kisses, bows, play, etc. to people who look like a sign of respect is a foreign idea. Catholicism, because it is international, and consistent, he still has connections with the past and other cultural norms. For the Catholic Church, kissing someone or give to them is simply a sign of respect and worship no. It may be a sign of worship, if done with God or with the intention that you think this is a god.
BUT, the ACT, apart from the motivation, in itself, is not worship. The mind and soul are involved in the worship, not just external actions.
Again, the Protestants, after separating from the Catholic Church, she severed her relationship with Christian ancestors, and the history of Christianity … therefore have lost the sense of worship. For most Protestants, everything you do in a religious way is to "worship" singing a song, say a prayer, attending church, a statue, a necklace, a ring, a bow, a sign of the cross , etc. all to worship a Protestant.
Catholics are a bit more demanding. They are different things a little more.
Kissing the pope's hand .. Worship not only dulia / Respect
Kissing the Pope's hand while thinking "I'm kissing the hand of God which is Christ himself" ……… Yes, that is worship and blasphemy against God TRUE 1.
Has concentrated so much to do with it. Actions can mean many things. I hope you realize that.
Shaking hands with one person - a friendly gesture
Shaking hands with someone while thinking "I hate you, you miserable piece of ____" - not a friendly gesture.
So for a Catholic, it seems inconsistent for Protestant Christians to condemn the church for dulia, however, to do the same in their own lives .. simply not recognized as such.
Catholic Defense has done a good job to give Scripture to back things.
Http://www.scripturecatholic.com/ I encourage you to visit if you have specific questions like "Prayer to Mary" or "the" and so holy as the site is easy to find links on the left side for many of the type of questions.
I'm trying to convert or anything, just know that many people have misconceptions about the Catholic faith.
To say that an image represents something and said that a picture is something, and should be treated as two separate things. For example, do you have any pictures of friends or family members at home? They say that the image itself is your friend? When you see the picture, what smiles remembering the good times? Do you talk to the image as if it were your friend or family member?
Do you have pictures of their loved ones? Have you ever looked at the picture of a person while on the phone with them?
Statues and pictures of the people we love are not idols.
Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are like pictures of the people we love and respect.
The King James Version of the Bible, in Exodus 20:4: "Thou shalt not make you any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven, or is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under earth "
Why not send the Jews to carve? Images recorded were the standard method of pagan worship. Representations were false gods.
This command is very clear.
However, God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18-19, "And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, as you will make them work"
And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon bulls and other images of precious metals.
It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubim and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had done. These images did not violate God's command. Therefore, not an image made for worship is acceptable.
In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the Lord said to Moses:" Make a saraph and mounted on a stick, and if someone has been bitten looks, he will recover. "Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted on a pole and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a snake, looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered.
And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in the correlation, "And as Moses lifted up the image of [the snake] in the desert, so the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in he may have eternal life. "
How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ who died on the cross is considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words, everyone looked up, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, not unlike a painting, a play or a movie.
How can a birth at home to establish a constant reminder to you and teach their children the love of God for us idolotry?
Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Indeed, since the 10 Commandments specifically that we should keep the Sabbath (Saturday) holy, why Sola Scriptura Christians go to church on Sundays?
With love in Christ.
The crucifix depicts Jesus and what God sacrificed his Son. It is a reminder that the wear and condition we think occurred. Kissing the Virgin Mary is that she gave birth to Jesus through God and love for their sacrifice. Patron Saints are not evil spirits, but a reflection of God's disciples. They are sacred and are part of God's love for us. To spread the word of God through the teachings of God. The worship of idols of recorded images * (* mate) is considered to images such as animals (small of mind) or Satan (evil thought). To have a statue (stuffed animals, etc.) is not worship or idolize, but to admire the art. But to have statues of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, saints and angels, whether or not a sin.
images of calves and bulls …. no. make reading more …. Do you have photos of your family at home? is the same thing. If an image of Mary which leads my thoughts to Jesus, how bad is it? Scripture to back it up? If you're here
Veneration of saints
Jos 5:14 - Joshua fell prostrate in adoration before Angel
Dan 8:17 - Daniel fell prostrate in terror before Gabriel
Tob 12:16 - Toby Tobias and fall to the ground before Raphael
Mt 18:10 - angels in heaven always see the face of God (worship
angels because of his great dignity, formed their union with God.
Santos also are united with God)
1 John 3:2 - we shall be like him, you'll see as it is
1 Thessalonians 1:5-8 - will become an example to all believers
Hebrews 13:7 - remind leaders, consider / imitate their faith and life
Relics
2 Kings 13:20-21 - contact with the bones of Elisha brought back to life
Acts 5:15-116 Cures - done through Peter's shadow
Acts 19:11-12 - healing through face cloths that touched Paul
Statues
Ex 25:18-19 - make two cherubim of beaten gold
Num 21:8-9 - Moses made bronze serpent on pole position
1Kgs 6:23-29 - temple had engraved cherubim, trees, flowers
1Kgs 7:25-45 - temple had bronze oxen, lions, pomegranates
The very reason that Christ's birthday is celebrated in a holy day of the ancient religion … When religions replace the old, old chunks should remain. The traditions that means a lot to the uninitiated, that would be lost if they were denied …
Will be the same when replacing the religions of this era.
The commandments forbid the worship of idols, do not use the images as decoration or aid to devotion.
The only argument I've heard about this is that since God made Jesus as an image of himself that do well for us too, to make images.
Neither Jews or Muslims allow images.
And the conversion of pagan beliefs adapted, instead of trying to abolish them. So we Patron of … God instead of …
Firstly I am not Catholic.
Catholics do not worship the cult objects over the images and statues in my house, paintings and statues of my loved ones.
Have a great day.
Why not just grow and care for its real faults, not your flaws Catholics.People imaginative as it is usually without exception, but not fanatical Hypocrites.In other words delete the record of your own eye ..
Why Protestants representing Jesus, Mary and the saints in their windows?
Or do different rules apply to you?
How are any of these images recorded or idol worship?
No matter to Catholics, almost all Christians use the cross as a symbol;.
Because, unfortunately, much of the Catholic Church is based on idolatry because of Constantine, who "exchanged the truth of God into a lie" (Romans 1:25). He wanted to appease the Greek believers and a serious attempt to bring many to the Catholic Church. However, God warns us that the present in his word, "You must not live according to the customs of the nations" (Leviticus 20:23). It's a shame that Catholics "worship the Lord, but also served their own gods, in accordance with the customs of the nations" (2 Kings 17:33).
I think people miss the fact that when God commanded the Ark to be built, was built according to God's purposes. The Ark of the Covenant is a path God has chosen deliberately to show his glory. This can not be done with a statue of Mary, a saint of stained glass or even a crucifix on the wall. After all, he was the God of the Jews first.
Good question. The Bible condemns the use of images in our worship and therefore should not have any at all. Catholics are taught that these are only tools that help them to pray, but prayer Jesus gave us the model and example to follow and do not include the use of an idol.
His 10 commandments are actually different from the Bible!
bile clearly says not to do any of the images, but Catholics and other religious people are worshiping the images, which is against the teachings of the Bible
Because somewhere along the line of a Christian need to make money fast.
So did a lot of junk, God called icons
And he began to sell socks
kiss statue of Mary?
Good question, they have the best of intentions, but have lost their way, perhaps?
they can not let go of the pagan traditions.