Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 35

Question 98

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But may not images be tolerated in the churches, as books of the laity?

No: for we must not pretend to be wiser than God who will have his people taught, not by dumb images,^a but by the lively preaching of his word.^b

Proofs

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

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. 112

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Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 98, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/98

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