Allow me to post a purhaps-too-familiar question:
The other day I was a bit shock to hear even my brother in my church said that the Catholics don't really worhip the holy mother Mary, but they just honour or highly respect her. So, bace on what official teaching in the Catholic church do we judge the Catholics worship Mary?
Take the world as an exemple. If you enjoy wearing branded clothes and shoes, like Prada, Giorgia Amarni and Nike, all the time, watch lots and lots of holy-wood movies and play lots of Xbox and Playstation game, you can't deny that you love the world by simply saying "oh, i'm just highly appreciating the world pop culture." If the Catholics place Mary's statue at the centre of the church, pray to her and praise her, how could they deny worshipping Mary? Seems it's just a game of terminology, isn't it?
The other day I was a bit shock to hear even my brother in my church said that the Catholics don't really worhip the holy mother Mary, but they just honour or highly respect her. So, bace on what official teaching in the Catholic church do we judge the Catholics worship Mary?
Take the world as an exemple. If you enjoy wearing branded clothes and shoes, like Prada, Giorgia Amarni and Nike, all the time, watch lots and lots of holy-wood movies and play lots of Xbox and Playstation game, you can't deny that you love the world by simply saying "oh, i'm just highly appreciating the world pop culture." If the Catholics place Mary's statue at the centre of the church, pray to her and praise her, how could they deny worshipping Mary? Seems it's just a game of terminology, isn't it?