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added new Section for much needed balance Protestant point of view - "Sola scriptura: Bibliolatry, Bible worship" - also added Sola spiritu Five Solas Cafeteria Christianity
:"[[Holy|Holiest]] [[Virginity|Virgin]], with all my heart I '''worship thee''' above all the angels and saints in paradise... I consecrate my soul and all its powers...I '''worship thee''' the spouse of the Holy Ghost..." (''boldface emphasis added'') <br> —from '''Devotions to Our Blessed Lady, All for Jesus:''' Approved Devotions and Prayers for Church and Home, p 283. Imprimatur: John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of NY, Mar 13, 1884.
:"[[Holy|Holiest]] [[Virginity|Virgin]], with all my heart I '''worship thee''' above all the angels and saints in paradise... I consecrate my soul and all its powers...I '''worship thee''' the spouse of the Holy Ghost..." (''boldface emphasis added'') <br> —from '''Devotions to Our Blessed Lady, All for Jesus:''' Approved Devotions and Prayers for Church and Home, p 283. Imprimatur: John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of NY, Mar 13, 1884.
This quote does not prove that Catholics offer Mary the divine worship of ''latreia''. Note that the prayer says "I worship (honor) thee above all the angels and saints in paradise" (''hyperdulia''), not "I worship thee above God" or equal to God, or as my God" (''latria''). Catholics and Orthodox believe it is entirely appropriate that [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus Our Lord and God]], should receive a higher honor (''hyperdulia'') than any other mere creature, such as angels and saints, as God Himself honored her by his messenger [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] as "blessed among all women", but never equal to or greater than the supreme honor of unbounded adoration given to the Creator of all (''latria''), to Jesus who is not a creature but God. As the Catholic Answers tract "Saint Worship?" explains: Catholics understand according to the doctrine they have been taught that all the honor given to Mary and the saints redounds to the greater honor and praise of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ!
This quote does not prove that Catholics offer Mary the divine worship of ''latreia''. Note that the prayer says "I worship (honor) thee above all the angels and saints in paradise" (''hyperdulia''), not "I worship thee above God" or equal to God, or as my God" (''latria''). Catholics and Orthodox believe it is entirely appropriate that [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus Our Lord and God]], should receive a higher honor (''hyperdulia'') than any other mere creature, such as angels and saints, as God Himself honored her by his messenger [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] as "blessed among all women", but never equal to or greater than the supreme honor of unbounded adoration given to the Creator of all (''latria''), to Jesus who is not a creature but God. As the Catholic Answers tract "Saint Worship?" explains: Catholics understand according to the doctrine they have been taught that all the honor given to Mary and the saints redounds to the greater honor and praise of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ!
==''Sola scriptura'': Bibliolatry, Bible worship==
Similar to the charge of Mariolatry, "Mary worship", is the charge of Bibliolatry, "Bible worship", [[Ignorance|ignorantly]] leveled against Protestants, in particular [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]], for whom the Bible itself, infallible, inerrant, and divinely inspired, is the very living Word of God, Spirit-breathed to mankind, in which is discerned and communicated the very Mind of God to the believer who reads its pages.
Bible believers do not worship the Bible, but the God of the Bible, who has disclosed in its pages his divine nature, and will, and love for every human soul. The Bible itself is supremely reverenced (''hyperdulia'') with genuine honor and respect by them as the highest revelation of God to man after the ascension of Jesus to heaven and the death of the last of the Apostles of the Lord, because it has all of the supernatural authority of the divine revelation of God, and contains all that is necessary for the man of God:{{cquote}All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.<br>—2 Timothy 3:16.}}They believe that once the Bible was complete, from Genesis to Revelation, and the Bible was available to be placed in the hands of common Christians to finally read for themselves personally what it says, and be guided by its divine and holy counsel, the [[Institution|institutional]] [[Hierarchy|hierarchical]] Church was no longer necessary to pastorally guide the children and disciples of God with any authority outside of the Bible alone.
Those who were discerned as capable of leading the individual communities of devout and like-minded believers, pastors and leading counsellors—the collective chief body of the elders of the congregations, guided by the Holy Spirit—because of their manifest intelligence, prudential wisdom, and knowledge of the Bible, used as guidance the principle of ''sola scriptura'', the Bible alone, to guide them in guiding souls to [[salvation]] by faith alone in the one true God and in Jesus Christ as their only personal Lord and Savior. For these the Bible itself is the Word of God and worthy of reverence '''''second only to God Himself'''''.
In accordance with the technical meaning of the Latin terms of ''dulia, hyperdulia, and latria'', the Pastors and Elders of their churches are regarded as worthy of ''dulia'', the Bible alone of all books is worthy of ''hyperdulia'', and the "Lord of the spirits of all mankind" and "King of the Day of Judgment", Almighty God Himself, Father, Son and Holy Spirit alone is worthy of ''latraea'', the divine worship of adoration due to God alone and no other in heaven or on earth. Those who charge true Bible believers with "bibliolatry" and with exalting the Bible alone above any Church are in error. They do not worship the Bible as God, but the God of the Bible.
All true Christians love the Bible, and deeply reverence it as the divinely inspired Word of God, whether Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Baptist, Protestant Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Independent, non-denominational, or individual believer without any particular creed or denominational orientation who believes in God and reads the Bible. Non-Catholic and non-Orthodox Protestant Christians honor and reverence the Bible as the sole rule of faith and practice for the Church as the local Body of Christ, and assert that they worship God alone, by faith alone, through the Spirit alone, according to the Bible alone. See '''''[[Sola spiritu]]'''''.
==See also==
==See also==
[[Great Apostasy]]
[[Great Apostasy]]
[[Five Solas]]
[[Cafeteria Christianity]]
==External links==
==External links==