[Kolokotronis]

"There are tons of verses on this in the Bible - that is if what HE says matters to you. It's most unlikely that He would allow a graven image on HIMSELF to be left behind when He is so opposed to it"

Here's some news; the Iconoclast heresy was crushed finally in 843. The First Sunday in Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy and commemorates the restoration of the icons to Churches and homes.

[olde north church]

Graven images were prohibited to separate the Chosen People from animists and to prevent them believing they had "bound" Him into one spot.

[ichabod1]

Iconoclast heresy was crushed

Nice turn of phrase.

[nmh]

"Here's some news; the Iconoclast heresy was crushed finally in 843. The First Sunday in Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy and commemorates the restoration of the icons to Churches and homes."

Huh?

What are you talking about?

Do you have a Bible passage stating that? I don't remember seeing THAT in the Bible.

[CyberAnt]

Like I said: a graven image is made from carvings - not an image found on a cloth. I mean - just go to the Webster's Dictionary and look up the word "graven" yourself.

The cloth markings are not "graven" images.

And .. after Jesus was gone from the earth I don't suppose he had much control over what "graven" images people have or don't have.