
The Case for Icon Veneration - An Almost Comprehensive Response to Gavin Ortlund
Intellectual Catholicism
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The History of Idolatry in the Catholic Tradition
Tertullian does criticize Christians who have images on their chalices so tertullian says for example but I would yield my ground to you if the scripture of the shepherd that is the shepherd of hermas which was thought by some early Christians to be scripture. If it had not been habitually judged by every council of churches even of your own among apocryphal and false writings itself adulterers, it wouldn't find a place in the divine canon. No matter how beautiful these images are no matter how beautiful something is cannot match the excellency of the infinite divine nature right i agree with yavin here despite quoting that small sliver of context he is cutting out much of
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