Icons or Idols? A Faulty Understanding of Exodus 20

Icons or Idols? A Faulty Understanding of Exodus 20

The issue of icons and idols is a long-standing one within Protestant circles, namely those of the Reformed persuasion. The Reformed traditions often take extreme approaches to the issue of icons, declaring temples embellished with these holy images as “synagogues of Satan” and accusing Christians who affirm the necessity of icons in Christian temples as…