[Augustine23575]

Veneration of Mary, whom we view as the Mother of God, is as old as the Church itself. You mention the Bible. Christ founded a Church; only later did the Church decide what books were to be contained in the Bible. So if you believe the Bible, you indirectly, at least, acknowledge the authority of the Church. The Church has always honored Mary, sought her intercession and held her up as the perfect Christian; true, the Bible says little about Mary, but it is the Church’s perennial practice we should look to, not the Bible alone. Catholics say this ‘Church’ is the Catholic Church; Orthodox say it is the Orthodox Church; Protestants pretty much ignore the first 15 centuries of the Church altogether, blithely dismissing much of it as the ‘Dark Ages.’ Not to honor Mary and seek her intercession would go against 20 centuries of Catholic and Orthodox tradition. I am not clear on how someone can accept the Bible and ignore the first 15 centuries; frankly, most people have never given this much thought.

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Name : Augustine23575, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 42, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,