Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"

[Linda Anderson]

(10-20-2013 06:06 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(10-19-2013 06:42 AM)BettyO Wrote:  I vote for "Angels"....especially in lieu of the fact that Victorians saw Angels as being the ultimate "heavenly" expression in mourning literature and rituals of the period.

Betty, this was new to me. Was it like that just in America (with all the multiple Protestant denominations) or also in Britain? The problem I have with the term "angels" (and that's why I posted the painting) is that for me, who as an Evangelic grew up in a Catholic area, angels (like the worshipping of saints, the pope and the principle of trinity) are intrinsically tied to the Catholic faith rather than to the Evangelic believe. Is this different in other Protestant denominations? (Do others worship angels like the Catholic do?)

Eva, Catholics only worship God, not Mary, angels, saints or the Pope. They might pray to Mary or a particular saint to intercede for their intentions, though.