Why are Catholic Churches and homes decorated with statues and images in breach of the Commandments?
” God prohibits in the Commandments the making of idols and worshipping them: “You shall not make for yourself an idol…You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God” (Exod. 20, 4-5). A thorough examination of the Old Testament would preclude any interpretation of the Commandments imposing an absolute prohibition of images per se as this would have God prohibiting what He allows and commands elsewhere: “You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the mercy seat” (Exod. 25, 18-20); “And the Lord said to Moses, Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyon
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