KJV Exodus 32:3-6
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Interesting this. The golden calf was a representation of God, it wasn't a pagan god or a deity of man's imagination.
"This is the God who brought you up out of Egypt"...."tomorrow we feast to the Lord'". Yet this was recognized as a sin against God and Moses upon witnessing the scene broke the tablets of commandments and forced Israel to destroy the idol, rebuking them sternly.
Yet this is the exact same excuse used by Catholics as they bow before their idols.
what excuse?
we have no idols
Worship requires intent!
Images are permitted by the apostolic council since the iconoclast heresy was condemned in the seventh century
Councils, creeds, dogma’s, catechisms and decrees of the church are binding on all the faithful and are the teaching of Christ!!!
Lk 10:16 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Jn 20:21 as the Father sent me, so I send you! (The apostles and their successors have the SAME mission, ministry, power, and authority as Jesus Christ!
To reject Christ teaching authority in his church is to reject Christ! Lk 10:16
2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
