Sacred Images

Frequently Asked Questions about Images. Canon III of the Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870) and Conciliabulum of Hieria On some evangelical websites...

The holy council commands all bishops and others who hold the office and charge of teaching that, in accordance with the usage...

Pope Adrian I. Against the iconoclasts. Empress regent, Irene. He regulates the iconoclast controversy by pronouncing in favor of the cult of...

From the book “The Truth Will Set You Free” “we enter his tabernacle; we bow down before him… Arise, O Lord, to...

A true story The disapproval many Protestants have toward the Catholic custom of having religious images and statues originates in the suspicion...

Why does the Catholic Church have images if the Old Testament seems to forbid them (Ex 20:4-5; Dt 4:15-16; 7:25-26; 2 Kgs...

Reflections on the reality behind appearances. A friend who is an Evangelical Christian wrote me a message in which she said, referring...

—Hi, Joan! Where are you going? —Hi, Louise, to the parish; we are praying to God for our country. Would you like...

Study of biblical texts in context. “Catholics worship statues!” Although this claim is ridiculous, people continue to make this accusation. They say...

The first manifestations of Christian iconography had a didactic function; but, as they became part of ritual worship, images became an aesthetic...

Exegesis of the biblical texts. Seventh chapter of the book The Bible and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses say: Since the time of...

The Catholic doctrine on the meaning of religious images by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments  ...