Because they remind of us the saints or beings they represent. They are beautiful.
No, Catholics do not pray to statues. Catholics pray to God, Jesus, and ask Saints to pray for them.
In the Catholic church, statues of saints are used as articles of devotion. Catholics regular kneel before statues and pray for the intercession of the saints they depict. Protestants do not pray to saints and do not kneel to statues.
Catholics don't offer flowers and prayers to statues, they offer flowers and prayers to people they are praying for or to.
Catholics do not worship anyone but God. Catholics do have images and statues of saints in Church and in their homes to honor the memory of certain saints. This is no different that a person displaying photos of the family or loved ones in their home or office, especially if those persons are deceased.
it is a subdivision of Christianity like catholics or roman catholics
The pope for Roman Catholics (Catholics who attend mass in the Latin rite), as well as for Catholics of the Byzantine Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Greek Catholic Church, the Maronite Catholic Church, the Assyrian Catholic Church, and many more, none of which celebrate the Roman rite, but all of which are in union with the Pope.
Yes, Catholics have an obligation to attend church regularly as part of their faith practice.
The Assyrian Church of the East is not in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church, so the Assyrian Church of the East is not Catholic at all to begin with. However, some parishes that were once under the Assyrian Church of the East have since come into communion with the Chaldean Catholic Church and some of these Chaldean Catholic parishes kept Assyrian in their name, but they are still Chaldean Catholics. Chaldean Catholics are of the Chaldean Rite, which is an Eastern Rite in the Catholic Church, so they, Chaldean Catholics, are also Eastern Catholics. The only Assyrian Catholics are those Catholics that are of the Assyrian ethnic group.
Yes, Catholics typically attend church services regularly, usually on Sundays for Mass.
A) To offend the Catholics. B) Because the Protestants feel that statues fall within the "Graven Images" prohibition in the Old Testament.
No, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Catholics are not allowed to scatter their ashes. The Church requires that ashes be buried in a sacred place, such as a cemetery or church.
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