Mary, Paul, Peter, Michael, Jude, etc all these people and (the archangel of course) are very important in the Bible. They all have a purpose and plan in Gods message, but do they deserve to be prayed to, prayed for, to be people to mediate between God and men, or anything that both the Catholic and Orthodox churches believe and do as ritualistic dogmatic necessities?
Today we look into many things- The veneration of the Saints, The types of prayers, The pagan aspects of how everything started, The pagan goddesses that had similar pagan stories that got exalted, why they are prayed to and most importantly, ending the misinformation that goes against scriptural integrity by things written 300+ years after the Bible.
With the Church of God we need to know these things and understand the messages, early church history and why these things are occurring today. Do we follow the traditions of men, or the traditions of God?