>Moreover, the folly of these poor blind souls can be refuted in every way, in that they have turned into a prayer that which was, in fact, a testimony to the grace and goodness of God. What do the Papists aim for when they mumble their Ave Maria? It is to appease the Virgin Mary, so that she might act as their advocate before God. That is their entire intention. Yet, when we examine the words closely, they contain nothing of the sort. Furthermore—since it was a specific office entrusted to the Angel alone to bear witness to the goodness and mercy of God, which He wished to unfold and manifest to the world—this office is not shared by us. It is, therefore, an act of temerity and diabolical presumption when these poor simpletons thus presume to usurp the office of the Angel—an office committed to him, and to him alone. Moreover, they would need to grow wings to reach the Virgin; for the matter at hand involves speaking to her face to face. Instead, they cast their mumbled incantations into the air, at random. Indeed, they have gone to such extremes that their hypocritical clerics cannot even enter the pulpit to preach—or to pray to God to guide them, asking that He be pleased to have mercy on His people and grant His Holy Spirit so that His Word may be known and received as it ought to be—without first having recourse to the "treasurer of grace" (as they call her). And this is done invariably—except on Good Friday—because the Virgin Mary is supposedly too resentful on that particular day. They turn to the Cross, inasmuch as the Virgin is too encumbered. These are blasphemies that ought to make the very hair on our heads stand on end Now, a great part of us has been plunged into these very abominations.-John Calvin, sermon on Luke 1:26-30
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>>18723908Such reprehensible pagan idolatry… the Roman church is not the true church of Christ.
>>18723908>I worship thee, Great Queen Catlicks, explain how this isn’t idolatry
>>18724159I can't speak for the intention or accuracy of that particular translation, but "worship" in contemporary Christian usage does refer to what is only properly given to God, but that's not what the word has always meant.
>>18724181Absolutely nothing in this prayer is appropriate though.
>>18723908>I thank thee for having save me from hell>In thee I put all my trust, all my hope of salvationlmao
>>18724181The word is an accurate description of that prayer even if it is removed from its text
>>18724181>if you use a different word for it that makes it oki can't decide if cathcucks are pagans or jews
>>18724563They’re trannies (worship means you identify as worshipping)
