Sculptures of saints should not be adored
Year mention: 1568
Subject:
Saints
Conflict:
Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
Lutheran
Criticism:

Sculptures of saints are just material objects in wood and should not be adored

Agent:
Inquisition

The Lutherans say that sculptures “Eran ymagines de los santos que eran de fusta y que no tenian poder ni se havian de adorar sino solo Dios nuestro Seor”.

“They were images of the saints that were made of wood and had no power and were not to be worshipped but only God our Lord”.

“Eran ymagines de los santos que eran de fusta y que no tenian poder ni se havian de adorar sino solo Dios nuestro Señor”

Date mention
1568

Historical Location

Valencia


Iconclass Number
11H

Source
AHN, Inquisición, Leg. 531, nº13: Proceso contra Josepe Petripolli, 1568
Permanent Link
https://www.sacrima.eu/case/the-luterans-contest-images-of-saints/