ramblin_ag02 said:
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"Well, we all have our own interpretations the Virgin Mary, the Mother Earth, probably those who used this symbol demonstrated, wishes to reflect fertility, to women, to life, the life presence among these Amazonian people and Amazonia is meant to be full of life. I don't think we need to create any connections with the Virgin Mary or with a pagan element"
"It is an indigenous woman who represents life...it is a feminine figure...neither pagan nor sacred."
So it's neither sacred nor profane. Which makes it mundane, like a doorknob or a trash can. So why is it a central part of a church ceremony, and why does anyone care if it gets thrown in a river?
The part about it not being an idol because it's a symbol of life and women is ridiculous. Pagan fertility symbols are as old as history.
Depends who's talking, apparently. I'm not sure that the Vatican currently considers doctrine at all. They are busy discerning what the trees can tell us about Jesus Christ that the Apostles, Church Fathers, councils, and authors of Holy Scripture didn't bother considering.
In April, Italian bishops referred to Pachamama as "Mother Earth of the Inca peoples" and published the following prayer to her:
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Pachamama of these places, drink and eat this offering at will, so that this earth may be fruitful. Pachamama, good Mother, be favorable! Be favorable! Make that the oxen walk well, and that they not become tired. Make that the seed sprout well, that nothing bad may happen to it, that the cold may not destroy it, that it produce good food. We ask this from you: give us everything. Be favorable! Be favorable!
Do bishops often publish prayers to non-sacred beings?
https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=43919Who you gonna believe, the Vatican spokesmen or your lying eyes?
I wouldn't have thought the Anglicans putting a carnival ride in the church could look comparatively reverent, yet here we are.