Jerome on Mary and other angel worship:
“We…refuse to worship or adore…the angels and archangels, the Cherubim and Seraphim…”
—Letter 109 to Riparius
Caravaggio Saint Jerome Writing
Ambrose of Milan on Mary worship:
“Mary was the temple of God, not the God of the temple. And therefore He alone is to be worshipped…”
—On the Holy Spirit 3.11.80
Mosaic (c. 380–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
"they said that he who adhered to Faith alone was cursed, but he shows that he who adhered to Faith alone, is blessed"
John Chrysostom Homily 3 on Galatians
Byzantine mosaic at the Hagia Sophia, late 10th century
@TopLobsta Saint Athanasius (Contra Gentes 13):
“It is folly to pray to the dead. The living God alone is to be invoked.”
Early Church = pure worship of God alone.
@TopLobsta Epiphanius of Salamis describing the same Carpocratians as Irenaeus
Together with these philosophers they place other likenesses of Jesus; and after setting them up, THEY PROSKYNEŌ BOW TO THEM and perform the mysteries of the Gentiles.
Epiphanius of Salamis Panarion 27.6.9
@TopLobsta They call themselves Gnostics. They also possess images; They maintain that a likeness of Christ was produced by Pilate; They crown these images; They also practice religious rites of honor toward these images, in the same manner as the Gentiles Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.25.6
@UmmBig81356@TopLobsta Joshua worshipped in front of Ark not the Ark like 2nd Nicea idolaters, rest are decorative images which were never forbidden, nobody worshiped them, nobody venerated them with proskinesis or latreia
@TopLobsta 2nd Commandment does not forbid images in the Church, it also does not talk only about pagan idols, these are 2nd Nicea theology lies.
2nd Commandment forbids making IDOLS and proceeds to explain what is an idol - image receiving service (latreia) and prostrations (proskinesis)
@UmmBig81356@TopLobsta 2nd Commandment does not forbid images in the Church, it also does not talk only about pagan idols, these are 2nd Nicea theology lies.
2nd Commandment forbids making IDOLS and proceeds to explain what is an idol - image receiving service (latreia) and prostrations (proskinesis)
@AshMaiz What is your view on Catholic and Orthodox image veneration and 2nd Nicea Council? Do you think three main Christian denominations can ever be united again and who is the most likely candidate to do it?
Solo Scriptura
"from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith."
Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.1.1
@MrCasey62 2nd Commandment does not forbid images in the Church, it also does not talk only about pagan idols, these are 2nd Nicea theology lies.
2nd Commandment forbids making IDOLS and proceeds to explain what is an idol - image receiving service (latreia) and prostrations (proskinesis)
2nd Commandment does not forbid images in the Church, it also does not talk only about pagan idols, these are 2nd Nicea theology lies.
2nd Commandment forbids making IDOLS and proceeds to explain what is an idol - image receiving service (latreia) and prostrations (proskinesis)