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The same goes for a quote from an old (obscure) official Catholic prayerbook entitled  '''''All for Jesus!''''':  

The same goes for a quote from an old (obscure) official Catholic prayerbook entitled  '''''All for Jesus!''''':  

:"[[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'') <ref>'''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.</ref>

:"[[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'') <ref>'''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.</ref>

This quote does not [[Proof|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 (''hyperdulia'') and the saints (''dulia'') redounds to the greater honor and praise (''latria'') of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ!

This quote does not [[Proof|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 (''hyperdulia'') and the saints (''dulia'') redounds to the greater honor and praise (''latria'') of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ! "And those who he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified." <ref>Romans 8:30 (RSVCE)</ref>

==''Sola scriptura'': Bibliolatry, Bible worship==

==''Sola scriptura'': Bibliolatry, Bible worship==

After rejecting the [[Magisterium]] of the [[Catholic Church]], those Protestant leaders who were discerned by their followers and disciples as capable of leading the individual communities of devout and like-minded believers—the pastors and leading counsellors, the collective chief body of the elders of the congregations, assumed to be guided by the Holy Spirit—because of their manifest intelligence, prudential wisdom, and knowledge of the Bible, used as their principal guidance the ''[[Five Solas]]'', especially 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 alone as their only personal Lord and Savior, not Mary, not the saints, not the angels. For these the Bible itself is the Word of God and worthy of reverence '''''second only to God Himself''''' because it alone is inspired.  

After rejecting the [[Magisterium]] of the [[Catholic Church]], those Protestant leaders who were discerned by their followers and disciples as capable of leading the individual communities of devout and like-minded believers—the pastors and leading counsellors, the collective chief body of the elders of the congregations, assumed to be guided by the Holy Spirit—because of their manifest intelligence, prudential wisdom, and knowledge of the Bible, used as their principal guidance the ''[[Five Solas]]'', especially 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 alone as their only personal Lord and Savior, not Mary, not the saints, not the angels. For these the Bible itself is the Word of God and worthy of reverence '''''second only to God Himself''''' because it alone is inspired.  

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''<ref>The title "Reverend" is itself a title of ''dulia'', respect. The older term in academia for a professional theologian was "Divine", whence the title of Doctor of Divinity; a group of theologians and professors of religion were called Divines of the universities and academies. The King James Bible originally titled the last book of the New Testament ''The Revelation of S. John the Divine''.</ref>, the Bible alone of all books and all things on earth is regarded as 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, is regarded as alone 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 as God above any Church are in error. They do not worship the Bible as God, but the God of the Bible.

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''<ref>The title "Reverend" is itself a title of ''dulia'', respect. In the older terminology of academia a professional theologian was a Divine, whence the title of Doctor of Divinity; a group of theologians and professors of religion were called Divines of the universities and academies. The King James Bible originally titled the last book of the New Testament ''The Revelation of S. John the Divine''.</ref>, the Bible alone of all books and all things on earth is regarded as 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, is regarded as alone 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 as God 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]]'''''.

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]]'''''.