Veneration

[Eucharisted]

“We do not worship, we do not adore, for fear that we should bow down to the creature rather than to the Creator, but we venerate the relics of the martyrs in order the better to adore Him whose martyrs they are.”
– St. Jerome (“Ad Riparium”, i, P.L., XXII, 907) writing on proper Catholic veneration of relics.

Discuss

 

[JonNC]

“We do not worship, we do not adore, for fear that we should bow down to the creature rather than to the Creator, but we venerate the relics of the martyrs in order the better to adore Him whose martyrs they are.”
– St. Jerome (“Ad Riparium”, i, P.L., XXII, 907) writing on proper Catholic veneration of relics.

Discuss

Not a problem. Some of us get a little queasy because we worry that some either might or have in the past, crossed into the “rather than the creator” part. Other than that, carry on.

Jon

 

[bpbasilphx]

Some of us get a little queasy because we worry that some either might or have in the past, crossed into the “rather than the creator” part.

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**Do you know anyone who has actually done so?

I myself do not.

If any do, it’s not because of the teaching of the Church but in spite of it.**

 

[JonNC]

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**Do you know anyone who has actually done so?

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None personally, but there have been reports I have seen - not by anti-catholics, I don’t waste my time on such - regarding some practices, particularly in south and central America.

If any do, it’s not because of the teaching of the Church but in spite of it.

I thought I implied that in my post, but if not, please know that I completely agree.

Jon

 

[kalt]

None personally, but there have been reports I have seen - not by anti-catholics, I don’t waste my time on such - regarding some practices, particularly in south and central America.

I thought I implied that in my post, but if not, please know that I completely agree.

Jon

I heard from a Catholic priest that many Catholics in South America mix a little of this religion and a little of that, and that they don’t always hold to accepted Catholic beliefs. They’re very devout, but not always authentically Catholic.

 

[Eucharisted]

Not a problem. Some of us get a little queasy because we worry that some either might or have in the past, crossed into the “rather than the creator” part. Other than that, carry on.

Jon

Thanks