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Apologia of St. John Damascene Against Those Who Decry Holy Images. He quotes from Scripture throughout the treatise.

266 posted on 05/31/2007 8:33:40 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)

I'm quoting from scripture too

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

267 posted on 05/31/2007 8:34:41 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings ("The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." Andrew Jackson, President of U.S.)

Reading your treatise, I see that he never makes any mention of the books of Kings. In these books, God displays a clear pattern. Whenever a bad king rises up and begins to worship idols made from human hands, and burns incense in the high groves -- all worship not ordained by God Himself, the nation goes bad and nothing good befalls it.

When a good king rises up and does away with the profane worship, which includes making little cakes for The Queen of Heaven, making idols out of tree stumps, etc etc ,(God is clear on what "idols" are, whether you agree or not) then the nation finds itself on the right path again. This happens somuch, it really must mean something to God. If you believe God and not men, of course.

275 posted on 05/31/2007 8:46:14 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings ("The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." Andrew Jackson, President of U.S.)

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