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Why Catholics Don't Worship Statues

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Jeff Putnam
Apr 02, 2024
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It's a common scene: a Catholic kneels before a statue of Mary, and right away, some of our Protestant friends think we're worshipping the statue—or even Mary herself. They're pretty convinced that this means Catholics are crossing a line from Christianity to something else entirely. This is a big issue because it's one of those misunderstandings that r…

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