Catholicism does not even pretend that this doctrine came from God:

“Following the divinely inspired teaching of our holy Fathers and the tradition of the Catholic Church (for we know that this tradition comes from the Holy Spirit who dwells in
her) we rightly define with full certainty and correctness that, like the figure
of the precious and life-giving cross, venerable and holy images of our Lord and
God and Savior, Jesus Christ, our inviolate Lady, the holy Mother of God, and
the venerated angels, all the saints and the just, whether painted or made of
mosaic or another suitable material, are to be exhibited in the holy churches of
God, on sacred vessels and vestments, walls and panels, in houses and on
streets.” Pg. 300, #1161

This doctrine came from the “holy Fathers” and “tradition of the Catholic Church.” You are expected to believe that these holy Fathers were “divinely inspired” to violate
God’s Word. Can you accept this?

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