Puritan Catechism · 1855

Q46. What is forbidden in the second commandment?

The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images. or any other way not appointed in his Word.
Answer · Puritan Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    Deuteronomy 4:15-16

    Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  2. [2]
    Colossians 2:18

    Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.