Melville Divinity Hall
Q. 98 · Lord’s Day 35

But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?

Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source

No, we should not try to be wiser than God. God wants the Christian community instructed by the living preaching of his Word— not by idols that cannot even talk.

Scripture proofs
1
Rom. 10:14-15, 17; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19
2
Jer. 10:8; Hab. 2:18-20