>>11260022>>11260021And you're blind to the truth, behind seven layers of ironic anti-semitism.
>>11260028For fucks sake. Define idolatry.
>>11260023For this reason. First and irrelevant, the existence of heaven, and following habitation are common knowledge. Have never needed writing down.
Second, and to the point, nobody is praying that a saint, human or angel, do anything by their own power. That would be glorifying them, and thus idolatry. They are appealing to them to petition God, so He may intervene. It's like asking an expert, and I really should have saved the Evergarten picture to make this point.
Here's St Michael, who cast the fallen down by praying The Lord judge them. And here's a written prayer for example.
https://aleteia.org/2017/08/19/overwhelmed-by-so-much-evil-here-are-3-of-st-michaels-weapons/