© 01 Colin Melbourne
by John Knox 1550
Précised by Colin Melbourne into contemporary English from; Selected Writings of John Knox: Public Epistles, Treatises and Expositions to the year 1559
You shall not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them:
Holy Bible Deut. 5:8-9a KJV
Summary
Knox stresses that all Church practices and procedures for honouring God must have a clear biblical warrant if they are to be valid in God’s sight. Forms of worship that are the invention of man, and not sanctioned by God’s word are idolatrous. Knox proves that the Roman Catholic Mass is entirely a human invention, and therefore idolatry.
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