After quoting Exo 20:2-5 and 23:25:
But we must distinguish between
the idols to which God refers to which God refers in this commandment and the
images of Christ, of Our Lady and the Saints. We do not, nor should we, adore
any of these images. We venerate them on account of that they represent and
recall to our minds, in the same way as we venerate pictures of our parants,
our brothers and sisters or our friends, placing them in the most honorued
places in our homes so that we can see them better, and also so that the people
who visit us can see them and be reminded of them too. We venerate the images
of Jesus Christ, of Our Lady and of the Saints because they remind us of the
people that they represent, of their virtues and of their teaching, and so
encourage us to follow their example. (Sister Lucia, “Calls” From the Message
of Fatima [trans. Sisters of Mosteiro de Santa Maria and Convento des N.S.
do Bom Sucesso, Lisbon; Fatima: Coimbra Carmel & Fatima Shine, 2000], 71)
Further Reading:
Answering
Fundamentalist Protestants and Roman Catholic/Eastern Orthodox on Images/Icons
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