Re: Constructed Religions
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 0:12 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > They are something
> > like saints in Protestant (not Catholic) theology, holy individuals, who
> > are respected and venerated, but not worshipped.
>
> Saints are not worshipped in official Catholic theology either:
> the respect (Greek: "douleia") paid to them is quite different
> from the "latreia" due to God alone.
>
> Praying to a saint is really a matter of asking someone who
> is guaranteed to stand high with God to intervene on your behalf.
Of course, that's still well nigh worship in many Protestant circles,
as Jesus is supposed to be the Intercessor. Most Protestants don't
even venerate Saints -- they acknowledge their work on behalf
of the church, but a saint, in the Bible at least, is just anyone who's
saved, that's it ("sanctificatus" = "having been made holy") .
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