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BASIC R.C. BELIEF

The Roman Catholic church claims that those who kneel before images are

praying to the saints represented by them. However, St. Thomas Aquinas

wrote, "The same reverence should be given to the image of Christ as to

Christ Himself." Cardinal Bonaventura, a canonized saint, said, "We pay the

same reverence to the image of the Blessed Virgin as to the Virgin herself,

and so to the other saints."

POST VATICAN II

The Vatican II document SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM (12/14/63) states: "The

practice of placing sacred images in churches, so that they may be

venerated by the faithful, is to be maintained. Nevertheless, their number

should be moderate. Otherwise they may foster devotion of doubtful

orthodoxy."

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