Many Catholics (including Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and the Assyrian Church of the East) will "venerate" Mary and the saints by praying to them. However, the Bible commands us to pray to God and to God alone. There is not one scripture that says to pray to anyone else. Prayer is an act of worship …
What are the sacraments? In Roman Catholicism, the sacraments (or Holy Mysteries, as they are called in Eastern Orthodoxy) are sacred, visible rites supposedly instituted by Christ that communicate invisible, divine grace to believers. While Protestant traditions generally recognize only two ordinances (Baptism and the Lord's Supper) and reject the idea that they automatically …
