Shenandoah Valley Reformed Presbyterian

In our former two posts, we saw that Protestant iconoclasts agree with the early fathers and even with the apocryphal book of Wisdom, chapter 14 on the origins and usage of material objects in cultic or worship practices. We saw that iconoclasm refers,

Iconoclasm & Early Church Fathers – Part 2: Honoring the Dearly Departed, and the Origins of Idolatry John Chrysostom on the origin of idolatry in honoring the dearly departed: “We will examine, if you please, whence idolatry took its rise. A certain wise

Iconoclasm & Early Church Fathers – Part 3: Against Heresies & Heathenism As we saw in our former post, Protestants iconoclasts agree with the apocryphal book of Wisdom and with Chrysostom regarding the nature and history of the use of images in worship.

Iconoclasm & Early Church Fathers – Part 1 Confessional Protestants hold to the ultimate authority of Scripture, but also hold to subordinate authorities, such as those offices designed and governed by Christ, as pastors and teachers. The keys to the