I Thought That Was Idolatry

Are Catholics breaking God's commandments when they kneel before statues, honor relics, or ask saints to pray for them?

God condemned idolatry. Yet in the Old Testament, He also commanded Moses to make golden cherubim for the Ark of the Covenant.

How can both be true?

In I Thought That Was Idolatry, M. B. Reston explores one of the most common misunderstandings about Catholic Christianity: the difference between worshipping an idol and honoring something sacred.

Drawing from Scripture and the teachings of the Catholic Church, this approachable pocket guide examines:

• Why God commanded sacred images in the Old Testament.

• What the golden cherubim and bronze serpent teach us about idolatry.

• The difference between worship, veneration, and prayer.

• Why Catholics honor relics of the saints.

• How physical objects can point us toward God without replacing Him.

• Where authentic Catholic devotion ends and superstition begins.

Whether you are Protestant, Catholic, curious, or skeptical, this book invites you to open the Bible and examine the evidence.

The question isn't simply whether Catholics have statues. The question is what Catholics believe those statues mean.

Part of the Restless Faith Pocket Guides series, written to answer honest questions about Christianity with Scripture, reason, and charity.