This is an excellent post. A little history lesson goes a long way in clearing up confusion.
I was also just discussing with hubby last night, the value of the 10 commandments when there is confusion on a moral question. Always seems to clear things up.
Christ’s command was first and foremost to love one another. All of us Protestants and Catholics alike on this thread perhaps should reflect on the condition of our hearts and whether we truly desire to bring people to God or to demonstrate ourselves to be spiritually superior and more entitled than others to a home with Jesus in Heaven.
Satan is more than happy to divide Christians and really his fingerprints are all over this thread. We should send him away and wish each other a Merry Christmas as we prepare for a celebration of Jesus’ holy birth.
It was His second command, the first was to love God. How that is demonstrated with prayers to other being is unclear.