Westminster Larger Catechism (modernized)
Question 109
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What are the sins forbidden in the second commandment?
The sins forbidden in the second commandment are, all devising,a counseling,b commanding,c using,d and anywise approving, any religious worship not instituted by God himself;e tolerating a false religion;f the making any representation of God, of all or of any of the three persons, either inwardly in our mind, or outwardly in any kind of image or likeness of any creature whatsoever;g all worshipping of it,h or God in it or by it;i the making of any representation of feigned deities,j and all worship of them, or service belonging to them;k all superstitious devices,l corrupting the worship of God,m adding to it, or taking from it,n whether invented and taken up of ourselves,o or received by tradition from others,p though under the title of antiquity,q custom,r devotion,s good intent, or any other pretense whatsoever;t simony;u sacrilege;v all neglect,w contempt,x hindering,y and opposing the worship and ordinances which God has appointed.z
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
- aNumbers 15:39
- bDeuteronomy 13:6–8
- cHosea 5:11; Micah 6:16
- d1 Kings 11:33; 12:33
- eDeuteronomy 12:30–32
- fDeuteronomy 13:6–12; Zechariah 13:2–3; Revelation 2:2, 14–15, 20; 17:12, 16–17
- gDeuteronomy 4:15–19; Acts 17:29; Romans 1:21–23, 25
- hDaniel 3:18; Galatians 4:8
- iExodus 32:5
- jExodus 32:8
- k1 Kings 18:26, 28; Isaiah 65:11
- lActs 17:22; Colossians 2:21–23
- mMalachi 1:7–8, 14
- nDeuteronomy 4:2
- oPsalm 106:39
- pMatthew 15:9
- q1 Peter 1:18
- rJeremiah 44:17
- sIsaiah 65:3–5; Galatians 1:13–14
- t1 Samuel 13:11–12; 15:21
- uActs 8:18
- vRomans 2:22; Malachi 3:8
- wExodus 4:24–26
- xMatthew 22:5; Malachi 1:7, 13
- yMatthew 23:13
- zActs 13:44–45; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
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