Clout Chaser 🗿 on Nostr: Are you familiar with the actual Protestant arguments against it? 1: It’s ...

Are you familiar with the actual Protestant arguments against it?

1: It’s ahistorical. You don’t see it references in the early fathers.
2: Any use of images is a violation of the 1st Commandment (2nd Commandment for the Reformed) and God’s judgement matters more than later traditions.
3: The distinction between latria/dulia/proskuneo (veneration and worship) isn’t demonstrable from the early Greek sources.

It’s not a strawman. We actually substantively disagree about what you’re doing, and the actual historical/linguistic evidence is on the Protestant side, which basically all scholars acknowledge.

We know Catholics don’t think they’re worshipping Mary and the Saints, but we think they are doing that by their actions.