The word “idolatry” means “worship of idols” - which Catholics do not practice. In Catholic tradition, sacred images are meant to inspire reflection on the nature of the person or event depicted - not to be worshiped in themselves.
It’s a fairly simple concept that Catholics seem to have no trouble grasping.
It’s a fairly simple concept that Catholics seem to have no trouble grasping.
Naw, it's not all that simple...Because we hear what you say and then we see what you do...And they are not the same...
And again, this
"A mysterious 'presence' of the transcendent Prototype seems as it were to be transferred to the sacred image...The devout contemplation of such an image thus appears as a real and concrete path of PURIFICATION of the soul of the believer...because the image itself, blessed by the priest...can in a certain sense, by analogy with the sacraments, ACTUALLY be a channel of divine grace." JPII.
This is not simple reflection as you would have us believe...We see what you do...