3947. I said
that Diogenes was an Iconoclast, and I realize that the term ‘Iconoclast,’ does
not mean much anymore, and it is associated with certain concepts having to do
with the breakup of the old Roman Catholic Church, and the establishment of the
Eastern Orthodox Church.
3948. Who the Iconoclasts
were and what part in the early church schism they represented hardly can be discerned
at this great historical distance. Persons with some knowledge of the history
of religion will tell you that it was an argument about pictures and sculpture.
The Iconoclasts were against pictures and picture making, basing their
opposition to images on the Second Commandment.
3939. The
Second Commandment reads, “You shall
not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
3950. The above
commandment is very simple and clear and is hardly capable of being
misinterpreted. It might be considered to be very important, since it was
second in God’s list of no-nos. But even thought it was obviously very
important, nowhere in Christendom can it be said to be obeyed, and everywhere
it is entirely ignored.
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