Is art work breaking the second commandment? - BibleAsk However, the second commandment does not condemn the use of religious artwork in the form of sculpture and painting in religion God instructed the Israelites to have artistic representations in the sanctuary (Exodus 25:17 –22)
Are Images of Jesus Idolatrous? - Christian Research Institute The controversy sparked in the eighth century persists to this very day Do images of Jesus really violate the second commandment? First, if the second commandment condemns images of Jesus, then it condemns making images of anything at all
Are Images of Jesus a Violation of the Commandments? - 1517 In this article, Chad Bird approaches the question from the angle of both the commandments and the incarnation I was recently asked on my Facebook page if images of Jesus (e g , on a crucifix or icon or painting) are a violation of the Second Commandment
Are Images of Christ OK? No. - The Gospel Coalition The second commandment prohibits any images of God But what about God the Son? Here are three reason from Scripture that images of Christ are not lawful
Concerning the Ethics of Images of Christ – Reformed Evangelical . . . To say that images that invoke these positive feelings towards God are unethical is to misunderstand the Second Commandment as it relates to God and requires one to ignore the passages in Scripture where God specifically tasks His people to create images
Statuary and the Second Commandment - Biblical Research Institute Based on these Scriptures, we conclude that use of artistic decoration, including statuary, even in places of worship, is not in violation of the second commandment as long as it is not used in any format for worship
What does the second commandment state? - Bible Hub Some have wondered if images like crosses or paintings automatically violate the second commandment Historically, many Christian traditions have distinguished between veneration of images as genuine worship and the use of symbolic art as a teaching tool
Does The Second Commandment Forbid Icons? The Commandment reads: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them ” (Ex 20:4-5)
Art and the Second Commandment - CultureWatch Sadly some Christians have a very low view of art, and in good measure this is due to a faulty understanding and application of the Second Commandment The prohibition against graven images has been wrongly interpreted and as a result has led to much mischief over the centuries