catholic saints statue

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

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a nun gave me a bible when I was in high school,I'm a catholic too but everytime i'm reading the bible,there is a part that said "lord don't want us to honor everything that is made by man like statues but why is it that catholic churches are full of it?

Do you have pictures of your loved ones?

Statues and pictures of people we love are not idols.

Statues and paintings of Jesus and the saints are just like pictures of the people we love and respect.

The King James Version of the Bible states in Exodus 20:4: "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"

Why were the Jews commanded not to make graven images? Graven images were the standard method of pagan worship. They were representations of false gods.

This is a very clear command.

However God commanded the Jews in Exodus 25:18 and 1 Chronicles 28:18–19, "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them"

And in 1 Kings chapter 7 Solomon made bulls and other images out of precious metals.

It seems obvious that the Jews did not worship the cherubims and Solomon did not worship the bulls he had made. These images did not violate the command of God. Therefore, an image not made for worship is acceptable.

In Numbers 21:8-9, "And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered."

And in John 3:14-15, Jesus says in correlation, "And just as Moses lifted up the [image of a] serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

How can a statue of our Lord Jesus Christ dead on the cross be considered an idol to a false god? A crucifix is the message of the Gospel without words held up for all to see, a visual reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus, no different from a painting, a play, or a movie.

Catholics do not worship statues but the almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

With love in Christ.

2006-10-20 05:29:12 by rona_glr

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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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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