THE CHURCH HAS REMOVED NO COMMANDMENT FROM THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. The Catholic Bible is accuratelly translated from the original Hebrew version.
The Bible, in the original text, has no punctuation and numbering of the verses. Therefore, the division of the Commandments is conventional and depends from which of the 3 traditions it referes to: 1.The eastern christian tradition based on the book of Exodus, which consideres the prohibitions of desiring the woman and the property of others as one comandment, and so the prohibitions of having more than one God and of worshiping idols are considered two commandments. This tradition was adopted by the Orthodox Church, and later by most of the protestants.
2.The agostinian western christian tradition based on the book of Deutoronomy, which consideres the prohibitions of desiring the woman and the property of others as two comandments, and so the prophibitions of having more than one God and of worshiping idols are considered one commandment. This tradition was adopted by the Catholic Church, and later by the lutheran protestants
3.In the jewish list of the 10 commandments the first is "I am the L-rd, your G-d..." and the second is the Prohibition of Improper Worship which combine the prohibition to worship other gods and that of making idols like the first commandment of the catholic list.
The conspiracy theory of the Catholic Church to have altered the 10 commandments to be able to use the images is a lie for 2 reasons.
The first reason is that the Lutheran church, which does not allow the use of images, uses the same 10 commandments of the Catholic Church.
The second reason is that the Orthodox Church is among the churches that consider the prohibition of the idolatry of the images as the third commandment, and it has never had any problem in using images because the veneration of saints and the use of images as a means of religious teaching isn’t idolatry.
So the questions are:
Why the Catholic Church is accused of having "cleared" the commandment of not worshiping idols , while the Orthodox Church, which specifically mentions this prohibition, uses images exactly like the Catholic Church?
Why did the Protestant Lutheran church adopt the division of the 10 Commandments of the Catholic Church, despite not using the images?
Should the jews be accused of having removed the second commandment and split the first like the catholics who are accused of having removed the same commandment and split the 10th?
The contradictions in this conspiracy theory are evident. It is pure fiction, like the Da Vinci Code.
In this regard, it is useful to bear in mind that the same synagogues in the first centuries after Christ had not infrequently images. Very interesting is the site of Dura Europos , of the 3rd century AD , in Syria, where were found both a synagogue, which was totally covered with frescoes representing scenes from the Old Testament, and an ancient house-church, which was also painted. There is no biblical evidence that it is forbidden to use images as a mean of religius teaching or to honor people with statues. If yow make a statue of George Washington to honor him and remind his example you don't worship him as a God. If I ask you to pray God for me I am not worshipping you as God , ans so it is if I ask a saint to do the same.
WHEN AN ACCURATE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, LIES ARE EASILY EXPOSED
THE CHURCH HAS REMOVED NO COMMANDMENT FROM THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
ReplyDeleteThe Catholic Bible is accuratelly translated from the original Hebrew version.
The Bible, in the original text, has no punctuation and numbering of the verses. Therefore, the division of the Commandments is conventional and depends from which of the 3 traditions it referes to:
1.The eastern christian tradition based on the book of Exodus, which consideres the prohibitions of desiring the woman and the property of others as one comandment, and so the prohibitions of having more than one God and of worshiping idols are considered two commandments.
This tradition was adopted by the Orthodox Church, and later by most of the protestants.
2.The agostinian western christian tradition based on the book of Deutoronomy, which consideres the prohibitions of desiring the woman and the property of others as two comandments, and so the prophibitions of having more than one God and of worshiping idols are considered one commandment.
This tradition was adopted by the Catholic Church, and later by the lutheran protestants
3.In the jewish list of the 10 commandments the first is "I am the L-rd, your G-d..." and the second is the Prohibition of Improper Worship which combine the prohibition to worship other gods and that of making idols like the first commandment of the catholic list.
The conspiracy theory of the Catholic Church to have altered the 10 commandments to be able to use the images is a lie for 2 reasons.
The first reason is that the Lutheran church, which does not allow the use of images, uses the same 10 commandments of the Catholic Church.
The second reason is that the Orthodox Church is among the churches that consider the prohibition of the idolatry of the images as the third commandment, and it has never had any problem in using images because the veneration of saints and the use of images as a means of religious teaching isn’t idolatry.
So the questions are:
Why the Catholic Church is accused of having "cleared" the commandment of not worshiping idols , while the Orthodox Church, which specifically mentions this prohibition, uses images exactly like the Catholic Church?
Why did the Protestant Lutheran church adopt the division of the 10 Commandments of the Catholic Church, despite not using the images?
Should the jews be accused of having removed the second commandment and split the first like the catholics who are accused of having removed the same commandment and split the 10th?
The contradictions in this conspiracy theory are evident. It is pure fiction, like the Da Vinci Code.
In this regard, it is useful to bear in mind that the same synagogues in the first centuries after Christ had not infrequently images. Very interesting is the site of Dura Europos , of the 3rd century AD , in Syria, where were found both a synagogue, which was totally covered with frescoes representing scenes from the Old Testament, and an ancient house-church, which was also painted.
There is no biblical evidence that it is forbidden to use images as a mean of religius teaching or to honor people with statues. If yow make a statue of George Washington to honor him and remind his example you don't worship him as a God. If I ask you to pray God for me I am not worshipping you as God , ans so it is if I ask a saint to do the same.
WHEN AN ACCURATE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, LIES ARE EASILY EXPOSED