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The Novelty of Praying to the Dead
One kind reader sent me an email suggesting that describing prayers to the departed saints as “idolatrous” is a novelty in view of the testimony of Scripture. The term, “idolatrous,” is not the best word for the sin. Nevertheless, surely the novelty is the practice of praying to anyone but God. Attempts to contact the…
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To Whom Can Roman Catholics Pray?
That is to say, is it permitted by the sources of authority of Catholicism for the members of Catholicism to pray to anyone beyond God, Mary, and the saints? For some background, James Swan has been discussing this issue at his own blog (Can you pray to whoever you want to?). Book IV, Part II,…