Are Statues and Images Idols?

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Gregory dive into the topic of statues and images to answer the question, is veneration of these sacred images idolatry? After sharing their personal experiences (and some laughs) the friars look seriously at the topic in the context of natural experiences before shifting into the supernatural. They round out the conversation by looking to how the Early Church answered this question at the Second Council of Nicea. Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/GodsplainingSupport the PodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplainingShop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplainingTo learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Bonhamish Chapman.
0:07.0	And this is Father Gregory Pine.
0:09.0	Welcome to God's explaining.
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0:18.9	and wherever you listen to your podcasts, Father Gregory.
0:22.4	Father Bonaventure. One of the great parts being Catholic. your podcasts, Father Gregory.
0:22.6	Father Bonaventure.
0:24.0	One of the great parts of being Catholic
0:25.1	is we have lots of pictures and images of Saints and Jesus
0:29.4	and statues and things like that.
0:31.8	Maybe you could share your favorite image
0:34.7	or least favorite image of Jesus
0:38.0	or just your most interesting
0:40.4	Jesus statue experience.
0:42.2	Or a saint day statue experience. Exactly. Or a sainty statue experience. Yeah. We got two from Navish. I suppose we could I could do the Francis one but.
0:48.0	Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We have talked about the Good Friday experience, which is also.
0:56.8	Oh, that's good too. An experience based on the sacred image. Yeah.
1:00.0	Let's see. Okay, so growing up, I think one of my first memories of statutory or
1:06.6	imagery that was important for the devotional life was the Fatima
1:11.7	Pilgrim Statue or the Pilgrim Fatima statue. Oh nice. The Pilgrim Statue of our the There's a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that went from house to house, not only in the parish, but in the county and beyond.
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