catholic saints 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

These Statues of Catholic Saints are available on marianland.com http://www.mari anland.com/orlandi/saints/main .html Statues of Angels - Indoor ...

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

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the ten Commandments? Because God don't like people to practice idolatry and it seems to be idolatry.
Second Commandment (Exodus 20:3-6): You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself any graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them, for I, the Lord Your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

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Teacher's Cure Clears Way for New SaintBy JAYMES SONG, APposted: 12 HOURS 45 MINUTES AGOcomments: 468PrintSharefiled under: National NewsText SizeAAAAIEA, Hawaii (Aug 9.) - When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option.
Toguchi, however, turned to another source -- a Catholic missionary who died more than a century ago.
Healing From the GraveHugh E. Gentry, APWhen Audrey Toguchi's doctor told her she had six months to live, she made a pilgrimage to pray at the grave site of Father Damien, a Catholic priest who died in 1889. Months later her cancer was gone -- putting the missionary on a path to sainthood. Above, a picture of Damien sits behind Toguchi in her home.
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"I'm going to Molokai to pray to Father Damien," Toguchi calmly told Dr. Walter Y.M. Chang after hearing her death sentence.
"Mrs. Toguchi, prayers are nice and it's probably very helpful, but you still need chemotherapy," replied Chang, who earlier had removed a fist-size tumor from Toguchi's left buttock that was the source of the cancer in her lungs.
Defying Chang and the pleas of her husband and two sons, Toguchi caught a flight from Honolulu to the remote peninsula of Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai to pray at the grave of the priest who had ministered to people with leprosy until he, too, caught it and died in 1889.
"Dear Lord, you're the one who created my body, so I know you can fix it," Toguchi prayed. "I put my whole faith in you. ... Father Damien, please pray for me, too, because I need your help."
On a doctor's visit on Oct. 2, 1998, a month after cancer was first detected in her lungs, doctors expected the tumors to have grown. Instead, they had shrunk, and by May 1999 tests confirmed that they had disappeared without treatment.
Chang and a half-dozen other doctors, including a cardiologist, oncologist, pathologist and radiologist, couldn't explain it. Chang, who does not belong to any religion, urged Toguchi to report it to the Catholic church.
The Vatican conducted an extensive review and concluded Toguchi's recovery defied medical explanation.
On July 3, Pope Benedict XVI agreed and approved the case as Damien's second miracle, opening the way for the Belgian priest to be declared a saint.
The Vatican requires confirmation of two miracles attributed to a candidate's intercession before canonization, or sainthood.
Church authorities approved Damien's first miracle in 1992. In that case, Sister Simplicia Hue of France, who was dying of a gastrointestinal illness, recovered overnight in 1895 after she began a novena, or nine days of prayer, to Damien.
Toguchi's story, and identity, were kept secret for years while the church investigated her case. Today, the 80-year-old retired schoolteacher talks openly of her experience.
She and her husband of 50 years, Yukio, live in the hills above Pearl Harbor, just up the road from Aiea High School, where she taught social studies.
Toguchi is a deeply religious and kind woman who is generous with hugs and smiles to everyone she meets. As a teacher, she often told students how special they were and earned the nickname "Ma" for her nurturing ways. Since retiring in 1995, much of her time now goes to her garden.
Toguchi doesn't care for the title "miracle woman," as some have called her.
"I'm just a regular Joe Blow. You can tell," she said. "I still don't know why this happened to me."
Chang says Toguchi's chances of survival at the time of his diagnosis were zero, even if she had agreed to chemotherapy.
"It may have delayed her eventual demise, probably slow (the cancer) down, but eventually, she would have succumbed to this vicious cancer," said Chang, who retired in 2004.
Toguchi had been diagnosed in December 1997 with liposarcoma, an uncommon tumor that arises in deep fat tissue _ in this case, her buttock. She had several operations followed by radiation. A month later, doctors found and removed an unrelated cancer in her thyroid gland.
In September 1998, an X-ray showed three growths in her lungs. A needle biopsy of one showed it was consistent with the liposarcoma found in her left buttock. Follow-up X-rays showed the growths were shrinking on their own.
Dr. Richard Schilsky, a University of Chicago cancer specialist who is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, said it's "highly likely" that the lung had already been seeded with liposarcoma cells when her original tumor was found.
Schilsky said it isn't clear that all three lung growths were cancer, since only one was biopsied. And there are several reasons people get small inflammatory nodules in the lungs that might resolve spontaneously.
"The point here is that the primary tumor was treated," and that could have helped her immune system control any remaining cancer in her body, said Schilsky, who did not treat Toguchi. He based his comments on Chang's case report in the October 2000 edition of the Hawaii Medical Journal.
Rare cases of spontaneous remission, or regression, are reported, mostly involving melanoma skin cancer, kidney cancer or lymphoma _ hardly ever solid tumors like breast, prostate or colon cancers, Schilsky said.
"The bottom line is, it probably does happen. Obviously, it happens very rarely because it is the nature of cancer to grow, not to regress," he said.
Chang agrees that "no one truly knows" why some cancers disappear.
"For the true believer or faithful, this is a miracle. For the true skeptic, this is a random or very unusual coincidence. For the doctor and scientist, we call it complete spontaneous regression of cancer."

2008-08-08 06:09:12 by ilike_panama

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www.catholic.org/saints

2007-05-07 20:51:31 by isis

because they do not trust the sacrifice that Christ Jesus did for the sins of the world!
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1Ti 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Because roman catholics are not satisfied of what Christ Jesus said; Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Becuase they thought Christ Jesus is kidding them when He said;

Joh 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Joh 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Because roman catholic taught they are much better than God Most High Christ Jesus, the One True Living God!

Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

because roman catholic thinks they are the one who canonized the Holy Bible and boasting that their cathechist book must be better than the Holy Bible(KJV) for if not then why they prefer to use their cathechist book than God's Holy Words?

there are so many of these "because thing" why roman catholics are truly ignorantly following the doctrine of the devil!
2Co 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2Co 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2Co 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
AMEN.

2008-11-27 02:13:10 by Secularly Speaking