Abd_Yesua_alMasih
Puritan Board Junior
Leviticus 26:1
[quote:41b69c1588]" 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God. [/quote:41b69c1588]
Deuteronomy 4:16
[quote:41b69c1588]so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, [/quote:41b69c1588]
One of the major complaints about the Catholic Church is its idols - its highly decorated statues and paintings of saints etc...
The Protestants base such problems on verses like the ones above and others like them.
How are do we take this? I was watching a program last night about the Orthodox Church revival in Russia and I saw a big room with paintings of Saints and Church leaders all around its walls. I was wondering how is this different from a family hanging photos of relatives on their walls or keeping photos of their children in their wallets... or even having paintings of the early puritans etc...
Am I missing something here in the language or have we fallen in respects to this commandment also?
[quote:41b69c1588]" 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God. [/quote:41b69c1588]
Deuteronomy 4:16
[quote:41b69c1588]so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, [/quote:41b69c1588]
One of the major complaints about the Catholic Church is its idols - its highly decorated statues and paintings of saints etc...
The Protestants base such problems on verses like the ones above and others like them.
How are do we take this? I was watching a program last night about the Orthodox Church revival in Russia and I saw a big room with paintings of Saints and Church leaders all around its walls. I was wondering how is this different from a family hanging photos of relatives on their walls or keeping photos of their children in their wallets... or even having paintings of the early puritans etc...
Am I missing something here in the language or have we fallen in respects to this commandment also?