This Saturday I went with my lifelong friends at a nightclub in southern Mexico City. At about 2 am, when I was starting to go the people, not a friend remember why I bring up the images in religious worship.
remember very upset he told me verbatim: "I emputa is that if Jesus Christ was the one who gave his life for us, idolize the Virgin Mary, you should read only the Father." Clearly my friend is not Catholic, says he is a Christian but said everything I could call most Protestant Christians and with good reason.
Anyway, started claiming that we Catholics idolize the Virgin and the Saints and that it is a sin according to the second commandment. Calmly in the world gave several answers. First I said that officially, Catholicism does not encourage idolatry, but did not deny that there were people who if they did, mainly because of ignorance. Secondly I said that I should not confuse the terms, it is easy to see someone praying to the Holy Virgin to say that it is idolatry, we must distinguish between idolatry, worship and veneration. Finally I told him just to make this distinction, the Church has divided worship at 5:
First I said no he could think of comparable with the Virgin Mary just by being a virgin, "chaste" and "pure" he said. Secondly told him he was completely ignorant to think that what the Bible says in the chapter where he makes reference to the brothers of Jesus, literal. I told him that the Bible was not written in English, and was written yesterday. For starters, no Bible or anywhere else will you find that says, "Children of Mary" always refers to one, Jesus Christ . It seems that we are facing a contradiction within the Bible itself, but then I said, the Bible was written thousands of years and originally in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. The word brother in Hebrew, had no meaning in English. "Brother" in Hebrew means "cousin" or "nephew", ergo, the Bible refers to Jesus 4 cousins, not brothers!
During our discussion we address many topics and others. Obviously I could defend my faith with his accusations of "cafeteria", the only thing is I was curious as youth itself is intrudes questions formerly reserved for adults and authorities on the subject, but above all, rare was to take place in a cave in southern Mexico City at 2 am with the sound turned up and the alcohol flowing through the veins of those who accompanied us, no doubt that life is full of surprises .
remember very upset he told me verbatim: "I emputa is that if Jesus Christ was the one who gave his life for us, idolize the Virgin Mary, you should read only the Father." Clearly my friend is not Catholic, says he is a Christian but said everything I could call most Protestant Christians and with good reason.
Anyway, started claiming that we Catholics idolize the Virgin and the Saints and that it is a sin according to the second commandment. Calmly in the world gave several answers. First I said that officially, Catholicism does not encourage idolatry, but did not deny that there were people who if they did, mainly because of ignorance. Secondly I said that I should not confuse the terms, it is easy to see someone praying to the Holy Virgin to say that it is idolatry, we must distinguish between idolatry, worship and veneration. Finally I told him just to make this distinction, the Church has divided worship at 5:
- Latria
- absolute: It is the worship given to God alone, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- Latria on: The worship given to images or relics of God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity and Species of the Eucharist)
- hyperdulia: The cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Dulia
- absolute: the cult is reserved for the angels and saints.
- dulia on: The worship of images and relics of saints.
First I said no he could think of comparable with the Virgin Mary just by being a virgin, "chaste" and "pure" he said. Secondly told him he was completely ignorant to think that what the Bible says in the chapter where he makes reference to the brothers of Jesus, literal. I told him that the Bible was not written in English, and was written yesterday. For starters, no Bible or anywhere else will you find that says, "Children of Mary" always refers to one, Jesus Christ . It seems that we are facing a contradiction within the Bible itself, but then I said, the Bible was written thousands of years and originally in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. The word brother in Hebrew, had no meaning in English. "Brother" in Hebrew means "cousin" or "nephew", ergo, the Bible refers to Jesus 4 cousins, not brothers!
During our discussion we address many topics and others. Obviously I could defend my faith with his accusations of "cafeteria", the only thing is I was curious as youth itself is intrudes questions formerly reserved for adults and authorities on the subject, but above all, rare was to take place in a cave in southern Mexico City at 2 am with the sound turned up and the alcohol flowing through the veins of those who accompanied us, no doubt that life is full of surprises .
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