Why Making Images of God Is a Form of Idolatry | John Calvin
Deep Dive into Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin - It Is Unlawful to Attribute A Visible Form to God, and Generally Whoever Sets Up Idols Revolts against the True GodIn John Calvin's excerpts from Institutes of the Christian Religion, he argues vehemently against the use of images and idols in Christian worship. Calvin asserts that God explicitly forbids pictorial or physical representations of Himself because they corrupt His divine majesty and glory. By reducing the infinite, invisible God to finite, inanimate matter like wood, stone, or gold, humanity contradicts God's…
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