With the incarnation, the Almighty now has a human face, and will continue to have it throughout eternity. Thus we can create and venerate religious images but such veneration is always relative, always being referred back to the original, never absolute as though the material object is being venerated in and for itself. This veneration is honor paid to representations of Christ and the saints. Their purpose is to adorn, instruct, and excite to piety those who behold, wear, or carry images on their persons. (from the Modern Catholic Dictionary by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
With the incarnation, the Almighty now has a human face, and will continue to have it throughout eternity. Thus we can create and venerate religious images but such veneration is always relative, always being referred back to the original, never absolute as though the material object is being venerated in and for itself. This veneration is honor paid to representations of Christ and the saints. Their purpose is to adorn, instruct, and excite to piety those who behold, wear, or carry images on their persons. (from the Modern Catholic Dictionary by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
December 25 is the feast of the Incarnation - when the Word became flesh.
The Incarnation.
This is known as the Incarnation.
Maryland was originally claimed by Catholics.
Incarnation. John 1:14: "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us."
This is known as the 'Incarnation' from the Latin In Carnes (becoming flesh)
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Indulgences
Funnily enough the Church, they became Catholics.
Pope Fancis became the new pope in 2013.
I know of no country that was started by Catholics to avoid persecution by the British. However, one of the colonies, Maryland, was created as a refuge for English Catholics. Later it became the state of Maryland.
he was born to a earthly woman. her name was mary