Priests do not 'consecrate' statues or idols. A statue may be blessed by the priest but these are not idols any more than an image or photo of a loved one is an idol. Statues are not worshiped.
Good Friday.
Priest, deacon or bishop. However, only a priest or bishop can consecrate the Eucharist.
Jack spencer
It is called an idol.
No, a deacon cannot lead the sacrament of the Eucharist as they only assist the priest.
The sentence speaks for itself - worshipping an ganesha idol is worship of an idol, because the statue itself is the object of veneration. However, worship of the god Ganesha through use of a statue or 'idol' of Ganesha need not be seen as idol worship. Many Christians pray before statues of saints and even of Jesus, but would never consider this to be idol worship.
1.The word 'consecrate' is a verb (a "doing" word), so it might be used like this: "During the Mass, the priest consecrates the bread and the wine." 1.Abraham Lincoln said that the brave men who died at Gettysburg consecrated the ground of that battlefield
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sculpture, figure, effigy, idol, model
Unkei
idol = elíl (אליל) idols = elilím (אלילים) The word typically used for statue and which can refer to an idol: pesel (פסל).
It seems like some form of idol worshipping for Catholics to kneel in front of statues when praying!