2 Corinthians 3:18\u00a0<\/b>And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being\u00a0changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another<\/b>; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)<\/p>\n
Ephesians 3:19\u00a0<\/b>. . . to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be\u00a0filled with all the fulness of God<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\nEphesians 4:13 . . .\u00a0<\/b>mature manhood, to the\u00a0measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ<\/b>.<\/p>\n
2 Peter 1:3-4<\/b>\u00a0His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, [4] by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and\u00a0become partakers of the divine nature<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other words, the key is\u00a0affinity<\/i>\u00a0with, or closeness;\u00a0proximity to God<\/i>. Just as God can be blasphemed, in a lesser but still very real sense, so can His ambassadors and witnesses. There is the primary Being: God, and the secondary ones: His vessels. They reflect and represent God; therefore, as such, people can scorn and reject and blaspheme them just as they do God.<\/p>\n
It seems to straightforwardly follow, then, by analogy, that if a\u00a0<\/i>rejection or blasphemy of\u00a0God<\/i>\u00a0can be expressed via an essentially lesser but connected rejection or blasphemy of His\u00a0ambassadors<\/i>\u00a0(the lesser vessel being in close affinity with the greater source), by the same token and principle and logic, conversely, the\u00a0worship<\/i>\u00a0of God can be expressed via an essentially lesser but connected\u00a0\u00a0veneration<\/i>\u00a0of His ambassadors.<\/p>\n
In this manner, the wider application of blasphemy in Scripture to creatures suggests by symmetrical analogy, a wider application of honoring: expressed in veneration of creatures, which is distinct (but not altogether disconnected) from the adoration that God alone is entitled to, as Creator. The creatures reflect the Creator like the painting reflects the painter, or moonlight, the sunlight that is the source of it.<\/p>\n
Moreover, we see that the Bible refers blasphemy of men almost solely to the most eminent of God\u2019s followers (Paul, Moses, and perfected saints in heaven): and angels even higher in the scale of things. Thus, by analogy, the relatively greater veneration would be towards those who had attained a higher holiness and sanctity; hence in the Bible we see a differential \u201csystem\u201d of blasphemy \/ veneration not unlike how the Catholic Church ranks lesser and greater saints, with the greater receiving more veneration.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the biblical data about blasphemy of immaterial holy things (the gospel, Christian doctrine, the law, the Temple) leads to the opposite analogy of\u00a0reverence<\/i>\u00a0of those same holy things and places (\u201cThe Holy Bible\u201d: as even Protestants call it; the Holy Land, icons, Church sanctuaries, statues representing saints, etc.). The essential and fundamental, presuppositional\u00a0 principles of all these things are clearly laid down in the Bible, if not explicitly in every jot and tittle.<\/p>\n
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Vision of Cornelius the Centurion (1664) by\u00a0Gerbrand van den Eeckhout\u00a0 (1621-1674) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-8-15) *** The Bible looks negatively on what it describes as \u201cblasphemy\u201d \u2014 not just against God, but against holy persons or those set apart for His purposes (Moses: Acts 6:11; St. Paul: Acts 13:45; 18:6; saints in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":2664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[266,201,264,265,263],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saints-purgatory-penance","tag-angels","tag-communion-of-saints","tag-honoring-saints","tag-veneration-of-angels","tag-veneration-of-saints"],"yoast_head":"\n
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