catholic saint statues

Well, perhaps not statues, but something similar might be. Only in the middle ages. Before that it was illegal to be Catholic and they could burn you, throw you to the lions, etc, etc

Say, kings are not commonly declared saints. The ones who have been, as far as I know, are the king of France Louis IX and Fernando III de Castilla

2008-04-06 15:10:37 by Brittany J

http://www.originalsaints.com catholic gifts, religious statues, patron saint gifts, saint jude thaddeus, saint anthony of padua, saint peregrine ...

I would also like to find a photo of it. Apparently my husband's ancestor was responsible for this and we just recently found out. I know it was carved in Germany and brought to Canada. I do not know who did the carving and why.

I suggest you contact the parish directly.

With love in Christ.

2008-06-08 20:03:03 by KAthy S

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I go to a Catholic church, and they cover all statues of Jesus, the crucifix, and the statues of saints in red cloth. I've heard that it is to remind us that Jesus didn't have to die, but I'd rather have a more detailed explanation. And that also doesn't explain why we cover up the saints. Should I cover up my crucifixes at home?

This tradition is most common from the close of Holy Thursday through the Easter vigil and occurs with the removal of the Holy Eucharist from the Tabernacle. It is a visual reminder that we are separated from Jesus and adds to our joy on Easter when we are back in the Presence the Resurrected Christ. Peace.

2009-04-06 14:53:37 by That Other Guy...

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For me, it is very wrong. You can read from the Bible or even in the Qur'an that we the people will worship and pray only to our Almighty God and no other.

If you will only study church history-way back in the 3rd century when Rome was conquering countries all over the world-part of their won conquest was these countries' gods and goddesses, Image worship was already dominant in the early reign of the Roman empire. When Constantine (historically the first leader of the Catholic church) started converting the pagans into this Roman church, he mixed the pagan's belief into what he called "christianity". That's why even Christ's birthday was invented to fit the pagan's feast - "the birth of Sol the sun god" on December 25.

Even the poor Mary was used to cover-up for the rampant festivities of the goddess Diana.

But the second commandment made it clear that God forbids the use of graven images. But the church of Rome omit it to give way to the pagan's faith on images. This is the very reason why the Catholic church has so many images...thus, I would say that pagan's faith is still rampant to this day...

How I wish I could have more time to tackle this issue...

2007-03-05 23:34:52 by eulam28

was this ,perhaps, the vaticans way of mass forgiving,they do have the power to forgive the worlds sins you know.

I just thought that the priest put that there for you to take.

2006-06-19 18:06:03 by auentes2513