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Images “ green shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee either graven image, or 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: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them: for I the Lord thy god am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:3-5). Jack Sparks questions whether icons are graven images and go against what is tell in the bible in the pamphlet, “No Graven Image.

” Sparks defines icons as “painted images of Jesus Christ and His followers who, through the centuries of our memorial as the Church, have been portrayed for all to see” (1). He explains that graven images are images that are worshipped or adored because God is the only thing to be worshiped. Icons are images that are to be venerated or respected. Therefore, icons are not graven images. I agree that icons are not graven images. They help us worship God and celebrate ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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