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>...from a Catholic web site defining exactly what a Catholic is to
>worship, these damnable heresies are promoted...
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>" As the Blessed Virgin has a separate and absolutely supereminent
>rank among the saints, the worship paid to her is called hyperdulia
>(for the meaning and history of these terms see Suicer, Thesaurus
>ecclesiasticus, 1728).
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>In accordance with these principles it will readily be understood that
>a certain worship may be offered even to inanimate objects, such as
>the relics of a martyr, the Cross of Christ, the Crown of Thorns, or
>even the statue or picture of a saint.
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>There is here no confusion or danger of idolatry, for this worship is
>subordinate or dependent. The relic of the saint is venerated because
>of the link which unites it with the person who is adored or
>venerated; while the statue or picture is regarded as having a
>conventional relation to a person who has a right to our homage -- as
>being a symbol which reminds us of that person (see Vacant, Diet de
>théol. cath., s.v. Adoration, and authors cited in bibliography; also
>ADORATION; IDOLATRY; IMAGES, DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY). "
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>from : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15710a.htm
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>the unity of open blasphemy is hardly better exampled than coming
>together in one place for the defamation of our Savior, Jesus Christ,
>as noted above.
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>such is the Mass.
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>it is no different in composition than a meeting at Stonehenge.
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>the power of Satan to darken the minds of millions of apathetic,
>lethargic, indifferent people masquerading as Christians culminates in
>a gathering where candles are lighted, incense is burned, idols are
>abundant, adoration to Mary as Co-Redeemer flourishes... all the while
>under a pretense of worshiping the Lord God.
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>the temple of the Holy Spirit is in the body of the believer
>( 1 Cor. 6:19 ) and no man made altar is called for.
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>the ceremonies officiated during the Mass... because there is no
>Divine substance to it and because of it's idolatry... can mean only
>one thing... it is a gathering to worship Satan.
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