Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Like I said. Catholics put Mary in the place of God.
“Exodus 25:22”
Typical Protestant bait and switch on scripture:
1) This is ONE piece of art and thus cannot be rationally used as indicative of anything or used as a foil to any Biblical verse - except by an unscrupulous Protestant anti-Catholic of course.
2) Mary is portrayed as ABOVE the MOON which is above the Mercy Seat. Thus, if this art were proof or idolatry - which is a logical impossibility since no one worships IT - then it would be the moon that is ABOVE the Mercy Seat and Mary is only ABOVE THE MOON. If that sounds ridiculous to you, then believe me saying Mary is worshipped because she is shown containing God in her womb above the moon above the Mercy Seat makes any Protestant anti-Catholic saying it look like a mad hatter.
3) Mary - as the New Ark of the Covenant - has God within her as is shown with the Eucharist in Mary’s womb. Thus, God is manifested above the Mercy Seat if anyone is in a way similar to a pillar of smoke. The symbolism is even stronger when one realizes that manna was contained in the Ark and given by God to the Hebrews in the Sinai.
All of the true symbolism is lost on Protestant anti-Catholics. They, not really seeing things because they are blinded by their bigotry, must distort what is there. Lying and deception are all they have. They will even resort to twisting the scriptures.
“Like I said. Catholics put Mary in the place of God.”
Like I said, God is there (the Eucharist).
You can always rely on Protestant anti-Catholics to just get it wrong.
“Catholics put Mary in the place of God.”
Or, even if we accept vlad’s contention, they are still putting her ABOVE the place of God, which in iconography means they are giving her the greater honor.