Question 97

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Are images then not at all to be made?

God neither can, nor may be represented by any means,^a but as to creatures, though they may be represented, yet God forbids to make, or have any resemblance of them, either in order to worship them, or to serve God by them.^b

Proofs

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

aDeuteronomy 4:15–16; Isaiah 46:5; Romans 1:23
bExodus 23:24; 34:13–14; Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 96–98

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 111

Cite this

Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 97, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/97

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