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The English words "graven image" or "idol" in translations of the Bible may represent any of several Hebrew words. The word is pesel (פֶסֶל), translated in modern Hebrew as “sculpture” [13] indicating something carved or hewn. In subsequent passages, pesel was applied to images
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
The simple belief that images were idolatrous appears to have been their main motive; reference was made to the prohibitions on the worship of graven images in the Mosaic Law, and aniconic statements by the Church Fathers, some of which may now be lost. One theological issue revolved around the two natures of Jesus. Iconoclasts believed that ...
Bible quotes about love “Everything should be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8
A popular image of the tablets as rounded-off rectangles bears little relationship with religious traditions about their appearance. In this case, the Ten Commandments are represented by the first ten letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which in Hebrew usage may be used interchangeably with the numbers 1–10.
While Catholics are sometimes accused of worshiping images, in violation of the first commandment, [39] the Church says this is a misunderstanding. In the Church's opinion, "the honor paid to sacred images is a 'respectful veneration', not the adoration due to God alone".
In adherence to the second biblical commandment, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image", the earliest settlers sought to avoid the worship of ancestors through stone images. [27] In addition, they sought to avoid the use of the traditional Catholic cross, while table-type tombs were seen as too elaborate, practically and aesthetically ...
Graven Images, a 1982 short story collection by Paul Fleischman; Graven Image, a 1923 novel by Margaret Widdemer "Graven Image" a short story by E. Hoffmann Price from the 1967 short story collection Strange Gateways; Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels, a 2010 essay collection by A. David Lewis and Christine Hoff Kraemer