The Apocryphal Book of Baruch on Idolatry.
In the apocryphal book of Baruch, which is considered to beinspired scripture by the Catholic Church, we find a veryinteresting description of the pagan practices of the Babylonians,who at the time held the Jews in captivity. While not considereda book of the Bible by Protestants, there is no reason to doubt theaccuracy of this historical account of Babylonian idolatry in the6th chapter of Baruch. The following scripture quotations aretaken from the Catholic Douay Rheims Bible:
Crowned silver statue of Our Lady of Bon-Secourscarried in procession in Tournai, Belgium.
Baruch 6:3 But now,you shall see inBabylon
gods of gold, and of silver,and of stone, and of wood borne uponthe shoulders
,causing fear to theGentiles.Baruch 6:4 Bewaretherefore that youimitate not the doingsof others, and beafraid, and the fear of them should seizeupon you.It is worth noting that1
2Israel, by God'sinstructions, carriedthe Ark of theCovenant inprocession, whichcontained the TenCommandments of God written on tablesof stone by God'sown finger, whichprohibited gravenimages in very clearterms. In ironiccontrast and boldapostasy, idols aresimilarly carried inprocession andvenerated byCatholics, in openand directcontradiction to God'sexplicitcommandment law.
Photo by Frédéric Denonne © 1996
The above photo of a crowned silver statue of Mary being carriedin procession is from the Great Procession of Tournai
,
Belgium,an event which occurs every September to honor the Virgin Maryfor her allegedly saving the city from the plague during theMiddle Ages. The statue shown is just one of many that aredisplayed and carried in procession for the event.
May Crowning of Mary Statues and Processions
The month of May is specially devoted by the Catholic Church tothe crowning of statues of Mary (perhaps most commonly withflowers), and processions in honor and adoration of the "Queen11Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by theseplagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that theyshould not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, andbrass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear,nor walk:Note: the 6th chapter of Baruch may sometimes be set apart as aseparate book titled the Letter of Jeremiah, in Bibles that includethe apocrypha. The Revised Standard Version is an example.
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