But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?

Heidelberg Catechism

But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?

Gratitude
Question 98
Heidelberg Catechism
Heidelberg Catechism

Heidelberg Catechism

But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?

Gratitude
Question 98

Question

But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?

Answer

No, we should not try to be wiser than God. God wants the Christian community instructed by the living preaching of his Word—1 not by idols that cannot even talk.2

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