Mariolatary

Mariolatry: Worship of Mary

Over a billion Catholics all over the world worship Mary, the mother of Jesus. This worship has no scriptural foundation whatsoever and is idol worship, pure and simple. Catholics pray to Mary, making her an intermediary between God and man, even though the scriptures say different: “There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5).

All sorts of highly dubious traditions of men have been built around the veneration of Mary, based upon fictitious extra-biblical foundations. One of these, the doctrine of the immaculate conception, states that when Mary was conceived in her mother’s womb, the Holy Spirit came and exchanged her blood with one that was completely sinless. This means, like Jesus, Mary is presumed to have lived a sinless life.

It is also claimed that Mary did not die but is “assumed” to have ascended bodily to heaven. In effect, Mary worshipers: “exchange the truth of God for a lie, and worship and serve created things rather than the Creator.” (Romans 1:25).

Beyond giving birth to Jesus, there is no prophecy concerning Mary or the veneration or worship of Mary. Mary was an ordinary woman. She has no power to intercede for us or to connect us to God. She cannot heal or hear our prayers. She is not a Mediatrix, Co-redemptrix, Cause of Our Salvation, Most Holy Mother of God, Our Immaculate Lady, Queen of Heaven and other highfalutin titles conferred on her by men.

God says: “Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2). I repeat, nowhere in the scriptures is there any hint of instruction that we should venerate or worship Mary.

Therefore, the question Jesus posed to some Pharisees and teachers of the law should now be directed at today’s Mary worshippers: “Why do you transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?” (Matthew 15:3). Singing hymns to Mary, praying to her, kissing her picture, parading her image through the streets and bowing down before her statue is nothing but idol worship.