Talk:Veneration

message: This caught my attention: "Other sects, such as Sunnis and Wahhabists, abhor the practice."
When you follow link for Sunni Islam, nowhere does it says that it is a sect (like for Wahhabi movement or Shia Islam).
But on Shia wiki page there is notable effort to call both sides as a sects.
Best regards.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ensarija (talk • contribs) 13:02, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sunni Islam is a sect? 

message: Is a redirect in a search for "dulia" to "veneration" truthful?  Given the definitions' of the two words being so dissimilar, the existence of a separate page seems fruitful and enlightening.
Dulia (Greek δουλεια) = bondage, slavery, servitude (e.g. Romans 8:15, 21; Galations 4:24; 5:1; etc.)
Veneration (Latin veneratio) = traditionally, respect or honor given to icons, physical or figurative
It is most clear, to equate the two is to hide knowledge.  New Advent, among others, more correctly gives the Latin equivalent, "servitus," even if the denotation is subsequently ignored.
In short, I'd like to create a separate page for "dulia" if there are no reasonable objections or perhaps alternatives.  Thanks for your time.CalebPM (talk) 07:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dulia ≠ Veneration 

message: "Veneration" in academic literature often refers to religious reverence for some individual through various religious avenues (religious poetry or prose, storytelling, paintings, music, etc). For example, there is a monograph by Annemarie Schimmel titled, And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety. So the topic can have a much wider scope than just Christianity, even though the term veneration is often used in Christian writings to refer exclusively to the reverence of Christian Saints. --Semaphoris (talk) 18:20, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've removed the paragraphs on Hebrew, which were full of errors.  There is no word שחה meaning veneration.  The word שחה appears only once in the Bible, in an obscure verse, where it seems to mean 'lie down on the ground' (and not in veneration).  All the verses that were cited in these paragraphs have the word השתחוה, which may or may not be from the same abstract, hypothetical root as שחה.  Anyway, השתחוה does not mean 'venerate' but rather 'bow down', that is, a physical act, not a spiritual/mental/emotional or verbal one.  The source that was given for the information in the paragraphs, http://sacred-texts.com/bib/poly/h7812.htm, is antiquated nonsense.  No modern scholar talks about "a primitive root"; why should prostration be "reflexive"; and this Hebrew word certainly does not mean "humbly beseech".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.215.227 (talk) 16:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

text: Lutherans do venerate saints, but not through intercessory prayers. The Magnificat, Liturgical Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), and Books of Saints are all ways in which Lutherans venerate the saints. It is very different than most other forms of Christian veneration, and I wish the article would mention more on the subject. The article needs much improvement. Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 14:44, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church prays to Mary and the saints, see here  --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 03:43, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Religions? 

message: I think that the article should be broken up into the different kinds of veneration. I know that catholic, orthodox, anglican, and lutheran veneration all differ. Lutheran Veneration probably needs to be explained better, because unlike Catholics, Anglicans, and Orthodox, Lutherans do not pray to saints, they do however celebrate their feast days, have a calender of saints, and believe the saints pray for them. I think this needs to be explained in the article. 74.167.245.190 (talk) 20:08, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 15:47, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Lutheran and Anglican references should be removed unless documentation is cited. Grantmidnight (talk) 13:36, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

text: Removed.  A year of challenge is long enough.  Grantmidnight (talk) 20:02, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Different Churches, Different Veneration

message: The references sited are not accurate on timetable.  Although the conception of Mary was celebrated in the East in the early christian period, the concept of immaculate conception by the Roman Catholic Church was not universal.  It was allowed in 1806, and established as dogma in 1854.  This is not a 'long' history as indicated.
The Assumption was not established until 1871.  And these Roman dogmas are not accepted by most the other Christian religions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.37.171.100 (talk) 00:34, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Mariology

message: The article lede currently gives a definition of saint that I'm not finding to be a widespread one in different religions and sects, at least in the neutral and academic reliable sources I'm searching. We currently define saint as ":an angel, or a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness." I'm bringing it here because Elizium23 reverted my removal of "angel" from the definition of "saint." I also notice that the article body mentions "angel" only once, and even then, not to show that angel=saint. The lede "should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article," so on that count alone it shouldn't be in the lede as the article currently stands (and in the first sentence yet!).
Is it possible that Elizium23, and whoever inserted "angel" in the lede previously is not trying to define them as the same thing, but wanting to show that angels are also venerated? If that's the case, then we could simply add a sentence after the first one saying, "Angles are also shown veneration in many religions."
By the way, here is how a neutral, very broad-based, academic reliable source introduces the concept of saints:
Historians of religion have liberated the category of sainthood from its narrower Christian associations and have employed the term in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people. The Jewish hasid or tsaddiq, the Muslim waliy, the Zoroastrian fravashi, the Hindu rsi or guru, the Buddhist arahant or bodhisattva, the Daoist shengren, the Shinto kami and others have all been referred to as saints.
The quote is from:
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Additionally, our Saint article mentions "angel" once, and only then to state that angels are not saints ("By this definition, Adam and Eve, Moses, the various prophets, except for the angels and archangels are all given the title of "Saint".)
First Light (talk) 16:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I am the one who originally inserted the word, and I would not object to rephrasing as you propose to avoid the 'angel=saint' assertion and show that they are also shown veneration. However, the quote you give from the Saint article is referring to the Eastern Orthodox, which are at variance with Catholic tradition which does give the title of 'Saint' to the angels and archangels, and considers them as members of the communion of saints. Here is an article in the Catholic Encyclopedia which I hope will explain things to your satisfaction. Elizium23 (talk) 19:56, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I understand after reading that quote, and used it because it was the only mention, however peripheral, in that article. As you can see, I'm trying to give the broadest perspective in the lede, and then allow for the views of different branches and religions in the main body of the article. And thanks for that link — I'm neither Catholic or Orthodox, so this is all an education for me :-). First Light (talk) 20:16, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Angel=Saint? 

message: Perhaps a subcategory regarding Sikh veneration could be added on...? How about Baha'iveneration...?--Splashen (talk) 23:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sikh Veneration 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support I am the nominator. Indeed the Veneratioo nof Christian Saints can easily be seen as a subtopic of veneration of the dead, since all Saints are dead, and they are being venerated.  -- 65.94.171.217 (talk) 05:48, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Scant mention through the entire article and no link whatsoever to the article on Miracle from here? Surely, the reason all these people are performing veneration deserves some mention (with a direct link) somewhere in the lead section. — LlywelynII 05:39, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry to object, but the reason why "these people" are venerated is because they were either martyrs or lived lifes of heroic virtue (or even both).--Medusahead (talk) 08:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Miracle