Do Catholics Hate God?
A class teaching people to paint icons of Christ will be held June 9-13 at St Emilian Catholic Church in Brunswick, Ohio. This was reported in the March 2 issue of the Horizons, the newspaper of the Diocese of Parma, Ohio, in an article titled, “Father Visnovsky to Teach Icon Writing/Painting Class in Brunswick.”
“Iconography students will be able to choose from two images of Christ Pantocrator (Greek for “almighty,”) or the Holy Napkin (Veronica’s Veil). This class is appropriate for beginners as well as those with artistic experience.”
This shows one of the most basic places where the Church of Rome corrupts the word of God – by omitting the 2nd Commandment (Ex 20:4: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image”), and then making up for it by splitting the 10th Commandment (Ex 20:17: “Thou shalt not covet”) into two Commandments.
How does the Catholic Church justify their use of images and statues in worship? They’ll say that since the Son of God became a man, it’s okay to make images now. Or, because God allowed the Ark of the Covenant to be created, therefore “objects” can be used in “worship.”
Comments:
1. Deuteronomy 16:17 says: “Neither shall thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.” God has not changed His mind about images. He still hates images!
2. The Ark of the Covenant was only seen by one man, the high priest, one day a year. It was not for the people to look at or even come near to. And who is our high priest today? Christ. That the Ark of the Covenant existed is no reason to employ any images or statues in worship.
(When I was a Catholic, I used to bow down to such things, kneel before them, kiss them, and use them in worship.)
After giving the 2nd Commandment, God commented on it in Ex 20:5:
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them (images): for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me (emphasis mine).”
"Hate Me" – God says those who use images "hate" Him. The bible is very clear – we don’t need a “magisterium” to interpret this!
I thank my Lord Jesus Christ for freeing me from Rome, and that on the cross His blood paid for my sin of using images. May the Spirit of God open the hearts of those taking this class, as well as many other Catholics, to what the word of God says about images – and grant them repentance from Rome and faith ALONE in Christ for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no icons, images, or statues needed!
“Iconography students will be able to choose from two images of Christ Pantocrator (Greek for “almighty,”) or the Holy Napkin (Veronica’s Veil). This class is appropriate for beginners as well as those with artistic experience.”
This shows one of the most basic places where the Church of Rome corrupts the word of God – by omitting the 2nd Commandment (Ex 20:4: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image”), and then making up for it by splitting the 10th Commandment (Ex 20:17: “Thou shalt not covet”) into two Commandments.
How does the Catholic Church justify their use of images and statues in worship? They’ll say that since the Son of God became a man, it’s okay to make images now. Or, because God allowed the Ark of the Covenant to be created, therefore “objects” can be used in “worship.”
Comments:
1. Deuteronomy 16:17 says: “Neither shall thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.” God has not changed His mind about images. He still hates images!
2. The Ark of the Covenant was only seen by one man, the high priest, one day a year. It was not for the people to look at or even come near to. And who is our high priest today? Christ. That the Ark of the Covenant existed is no reason to employ any images or statues in worship.
(When I was a Catholic, I used to bow down to such things, kneel before them, kiss them, and use them in worship.)
After giving the 2nd Commandment, God commented on it in Ex 20:5:
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them (images): for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me (emphasis mine).”
"Hate Me" – God says those who use images "hate" Him. The bible is very clear – we don’t need a “magisterium” to interpret this!
I thank my Lord Jesus Christ for freeing me from Rome, and that on the cross His blood paid for my sin of using images. May the Spirit of God open the hearts of those taking this class, as well as many other Catholics, to what the word of God says about images – and grant them repentance from Rome and faith ALONE in Christ for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no icons, images, or statues needed!
posted by Robt. B. at 6:19 AM
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