Idiotatry

Prayers being commended there to saints via images are begging for forgiveness, assurance, and salvation from the saint. "It appears that he simply does not know what idolatry is," says Orland. Asking another person to pray alongside you isn't idolatry because you're not thinking of the other person as a deity who will answer your prayers,. If one of Gavin's congregants made a request like that of him, the person would not be committing idolatry.