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A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

Question 98

On Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 98

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But may images be suffered in Churches, to be in steed of bookes to the ignorant multitude?

No, in no wise: For it becommeth not vs to be wiser than God, who wil haue his Church taught, not with dumbe images, but with the liuelya preaching of his word.b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aJeremiah 10:8; Habakkuk 2:18–19
  2. b2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:19

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