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10 questions linked to/from Why can't Catholicism just drop its Marian devotion?
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Why do Catholics venerate Our Lady? [duplicate]
This is a simple question. Why do Catholics venerate and pray to Our Lady?
God says not to do it.
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Why do Catholics put so much faith in the Virgin Mary?
I'm not sure how to express the relationship that Catholics have with the Virgin Mary, so please excuse the word "faith" in the question title.
Giving Mary praise
I understand that Mary gave birth ...
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What is the purpose of a Rosary?
I am not Catholic and I am pretty sure the Rosary is mainly a Catholic artifact, and in modern times devout Catholics seem to always have a Rosary (as in, you know they're Catholic because of the ...
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Why do Evangelical Protestants reject the Catholic approach to venerating Mary?
When Elizabeth greeted Mary -
42 ...she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord ...
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How is "Veneration" similar or different from "Adoration"?
Most Catholics teach about honoring the saints, and mostly about "venerating" the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Though in my country (I'm from the Philippines), the line between honoring saints / Mary and the ...
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Why did Calvin reject these Catholic doctrines about Mary?
The Catholic Church has a few teachings about the Mother of our Lord that are not accepted by many Protestants. This is not evident in the doctrines of many early Protestant reformers including Luther,...
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What is the biblical and traditional support for the Catholic Marian devotion?
In this answer it was stated that the Bible does support Marian devotion, which the Catholics practice.
In Luke, Mary says "all generations will call me blessed." I can see how this lends credence to ...
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Why are the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary such a big deal that all Catholics must believe in them?
As described in this answer to a question about infallible papal statements, there are two teachings that were clearly given ex cathedra: the Immaculate Conception (that Mary, mother of Jesus, was ...
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What is the basis for the Catholic teaching that Mary is holy?
What is the basis for the Catholic teaching that Mary is holy? Most other denominations don't hold to doctrines like perpetual virginity. They see Mary as special because she was chosen by God but ...
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How did the phrase "getting to know Jesus" come to be ubiquitous among Evangelicals (i.e. Campus Crusade for Christ)?
How did the phrase "getting to know Jesus" come to be ubiquitous among Evangelicals (i.e. Campus Crusade for Christ)? To them, what is it really supposed to mean? Does it refer to the act of ...
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