[vladimir998]

“Not according to the Bible.”

Nowhere in the Bible doe sit say there has to be. Sola scriptura is a Protestant heresy. It is neither taught by scripture nor believed by orthodox Christians.

[PieterCasparzen]

Why do you bother with the Bible at all ?

[PieterCasparzen]

Deuteronomy 4:2 “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.”

Proverbs 30

“5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”

Revelation 22:18 “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:”

To add teachings that are not in the Bible and require Christians to believe them implies that the Word of God is insufficient, that man knows better than God, which is nonsense.

[PieterCasparzen]

Sola scriptura is a Protestant heresy.

So using the Bible as the basis of Christian doctrine is heresy ?

But those "heretical" Reformed Protestants don't have known Mafia bosses and politicians who consistently vote in favor of abortion accepted as members of their Congregations.

And the Roman Church does. Hmmm.

I can see why the Roman Church would want to distance itself from the Bible, and replace it with its own "extensions, enhancements and revisions", like a Christianity version 2.0.

Idolatry isn't heresy if we call it "honoring an image" with the honor "passing through" to the "prototype" of the image.

As long as there are enough Mafia dons in the membership, they will prevent all the statues from being desecrated, and all will be right with the world.