IV. “You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . .”
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Basing itself on the mystery of the incarnate Word, the seventh ecumenical
council at Nicaea (787) justified against the iconoclasts the veneration of
icons – of Christ, but also of the Mother of God, the angels, and all the
saints. By becoming incarnate, the Son of God introduced a new
“economy” of images.
- SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
- Article 1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
- IV. “You Shall Not Make For Yourself a Graven Image . . .”
- Article 1 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
- CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7F.HTM