Dr. John Bergsma
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Okay, then you need to look at it and converse with the church and let the church make her case.
You know, so then now we're getting into the material issues.
There were three material issues there.
What was it?
The assumption of the Blessed Mother?
The papal authority and icon veneration.
Icon veneration.
Okay, let's talk about icon veneration.
You know, people have a problem with that because it seems like idolatry.
And I can understand that.
But the truth of the matter is the early Christians did not have a problem with images.
Nor did the Israelites, right?
Nor did the Israelites.
The tabernacle.
Right.
You had images in the tabernacle.
Of heavenly beings, no less.
Right.
Cherubim, flora, fauna, cherubim, things that recollected the Garden of Eden.