Pope Francis declared, "To her I entrust the Church and all humanity, especially the city of Rome."
The idolatry associated with the Catholic Mary is evidenced in many ways, but primarily in the ungodly practice of praying to her. Prayer is one of the deepest forms of worship because it acknowledges the divine power of the person to whom we pray. This is why we never see any God-fearing man praying to anyone other than God in the Bible. Yet thousands of Catholics pray to Mary, at the same time asking for her help. The only way Mary could hear and answer those prayers would be if she were omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent. Yet, she is only human like all of us.
Unlike Catholics, Christians esteem Mary as blessed among women, but we do not ascribe divine powers and attributes to her. To do so would be blasphemous and idolatrous. We know that Satan will use anything to persuade people to take their eyes off Jesus. Just as he deceived Eve by his cunning, Catholics who idolize Mary will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ (2 Cor. 11:3). Our dear Catholic friends and loved ones need to be warned of how God hates idolatry. We must call them to turn to God from idols to serve the living and true God (1 Thes. 1:9).
A Post by Mike Gendron on Pastor Justin Peters Facebook page, 9/23/25
Luke 1:37 says (Mary speaking) “my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Which clearly shows she needed a redeemer. But Catholics give her the title of “co-redempteress.” How I wish Catholics would study their bible!
ReplyDeleteYep, which is why I reposted this from 2010:
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Hi Glenn, I have a question about this excerpt from Justin Peters that you shared (and I don’t use Facebook, so I can’t check there). Do you know who made the statement at the beginning of Peters’ commentary? I’m guessing a pope, but it’s not made clear.
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ReplyDeleteI meant to include the name but obviously forgot!! So now it is included. The short article that this quote came from was by Mike Gendron.
Actually, I was wondering who made the statement in quotes that opened that post. I assume it was a pope, either past or present. (It wasn’t made clear in the paragraphs that followed.)
DeletePope Francis said that and I added that to the beginning.
ReplyDeleteGotcha, thanks!
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