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Source: Webster's dictionaryWe need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen. Malcolm Gladwell
Another criticism of image veneration is found in the non-canonical 2nd-century Acts of John (generally considered a gnostic work), in which the Apostle John discovers that one of his followers has had a portrait made of him, and is venerating it: (27) ". Source: Internet
No statues of Aten were allowed; those were seen as idolatry. citation However, these were typically replaced by functionally equivalent representations of Akhenaten and his family venerating the Aten, and receiving the ankh ( breath of life) from him. Source: Internet
The practice in past centuries of venerating relics of saints with the intention of obtaining healing from God through their intercession is taken from the early Church. Source: Internet
Views of the Catholic Church The attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards these accusations and the cults venerating children supposedly killed by Jews has varied over time. Source: Internet