COULD IT BE IDOLATRY? WHY DO CATHOLICS WORSHIP STATUES?

WHY DO CATHOLICS WORSHIP STATUES? COULD IT BE IDOLATRY?
After publishing videos on saints, prayer, and various religious dynamics, we feel obliged to address a significant issue regarding the use of sacramentals, statues, icons, relics, and holy images in Catholicism. Is this practice a form of idolatry? Protestants assert that it is, citing the Second Commandment in their version of the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20:4-5. In this video, we explore whether the Catholic use of statues and icons constitutes idolatry and discuss the difference between veneration and worship. Additionally, we explain how the New Testament has transformed the old law and analyze the veneration of sacred images in the biblical and historical tradition of the Church.

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[catrox]

We DONT worship statues! They are just REPRESENTATIVE

[tapestry]

I tell people do you have any pictures of your family and friends in your home or wallet? most times they do. Well you love them and want to be reminded of them so do we with our statues. They are reminders of the people that love us and want the best for us, we only worship our Lord, the rest are our friends and very much our family.

[bridget]

PROTESTANTS ARE NOT Listening! We Catholics pray very long prayers. Our minds wander. Looking at a picture or a statue helps us focus our minds back to Jesus.

[Wilmajoanwhite]

No it is not idalitry. We do not worship statues. They are reminders only. 0:31

[ChristianChukwuemeka-wrpt]

They represent what we are venerating and not they, themselves

[IrenaRudenco]

God Almighty bless everybody in the Holy Names and Souls of Jesus and Mary ❤❤😊😊🎉🎉

[williamdsouza]

The idea behind statue veneration is Not Worship.
Rather it is a way of identification of the holy person whenever we pray.
Thanks for understanding,
🙏🙏🌹

[zzfreddy]

This question is beyond stupid. We do not pray to statues.

[rickking]

I am a catholic. We don't worship statues. Those are just images of what the saints may look like. We catholics are also accused of worshipping mother Mary. We venerate her because she is the mother of Jesus Christ.

[peterq]

In the early days of CHRISTIANITY most were not educated and listening to sermons may tend to forget what was the sermons and The persons In The sermon...Images was made to Remind them who they ARE in the sermons...TODAY there are still areas where Images is important for them to KNOW The Gospel

[childofgodandmary]

Why do people keep photos of dear loved ones even those who have died years before they were born? Any answer you give to this my question is the reason why Catholics keep statues or images of saints.

[cathyallen]

We don’t worship the Saints or The Blessed Mother. We admire them. Pray to them for help. Just like the Nativity at Christmas we use pictures and Statues to help us remember them. We only worship God.

[Wilmajoanwhite]

I know plenty of Protestant that worship trump. It it idolatry?

[patcardiff]

These days we have photographs of our family in our ladies time there was no such thing I have a statue of our Lady and I pray to her and God everyday

[nancymoore]

I returned to the Catholic Church after 30 years in evangelical churches because of the reverence for God. In the Catholic Church we are quiet in the temple of God focusing on Him in prayer. Every word in the mass is scripture.

[patthompson]

Why has my post been deleted when my input as a R.Catholic is absolutely the truth? There is worship of statues - I've seen it for many years. Covering up or refusing to acknowledge this fact is shameful for the church .

[NotJRB]

If you believe that I am actually praying to a piece of wood, plaster or stone then you're dead wrong and desperate to justify your ill will.

[lourdescardoz]

Statues are reminders, a focus, a goal, a knowledge... ..we don't worship... Can you show a camel and say it's a dog... the one who has not seen or known will say "yes". do you have photos of your loved ones...why ??? do you worship, those photos.... if we don't have statues or pictures we will not know the truth.... can you look at the stars and say it's the

[irudayarajpackiam]

this is correctly explained .it is for the faithful like me .who has never seen vigim mary nor jesus amd his disciples .the face and the figures are correct as per historians .so we remember to recite to the pwrson whome we think in her mind and heartb.

[ssarsi]

Some christians think that Catholics church is teaching wrong about this. but if you look at their own sin they are doing wrong thing as well. For example a lot of Christian married couples are Divorced, which is against the bible. Sorry im not fluent in english. I'm a proud Catholic. Forever and ever and i will never leave Catholic. I don't worship statue. I worship God Jesus even if i can't see him.