Theological Theses · §1448 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Romans 1: Gentile wise men charged with exchanging God’s glory for corruptible image-likenesses

Romans 1 puts Gentile image-making under NT indictment, not OT ceremonial only.

Paul’s charge: swapping incorruptible God’s glory for likenesses of man, birds, beasts, and serpents.

Latin

XVIII. Nec in veteri solum, sed in Novo quoque Testamento, crimini gentibus vertitur, quod Deum in imaginibus depingere ausi sint, & sub hominum forma, & diversorum animalium figuris repraesentare. Nam Paulus in epistola ad Romanos capite primo, gentium sapientes stultitiae in eo arguit, quod Mutaverunt gloriam incorruptibilis Dei, in similitudinem imaginis corruptibilis hominis, & volucrium, & quadrupedum, & serpentum.

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