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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
Babylon: bf 205, 264, 278, 478
Belize:
Our Lady of Guadeloupe: g62 1/22 15
Bible view: w84 4/15 8-9; w81 12/15 8-9; tr 25-26, 143-145; us 41-42, 44; g78 7/8 6-7; w74 395-396; po 111-112; g74 2/8 27-28; g73 1/8 27-28; g73 5/22 28; w72 250-251; g72 8/22 6-7; ad 821; te 139-142; w70 69-70, 612; g70 2/22 28; g70 6/22 21-23; g70 8/8 27-28; w69 310; g69 1/8 27-28; g69 5/8 5-6; w68 583; yl 35-36; g66 1/22 14-15; w65 255-256, 683; w64 102, 116-117, 246, 393; g64 1/22 5-6, 8-10; g64 4/22 25; g63 8/22 6, 10; w62 301, 573-574; w57 243; w56 754; g54 7/22 8; lg 145-154, 244; w50 496; rw 50-53; tf 36-38; w34 291-298, 307-314
“Black Christ”: g59 3/8 24; g52 7/22 24; g47 3/22 24
Buddhism: g77 3/8 31; rm 208-209; w37 232-233
Catholic Church: yb72 112-113, 173-174, 194
Christ of Pity: w59 711
churches imitate pagans: w78 4/1 7; w74 491
Colombia:
Virgin of Fatima: g50 5/8 23-24
Costa Rica:
Our Lady of the Angels: g67 3/8 26
Cuba:
Virgin of Charity: w55 581; g53 5/8 21-23
definition: w49 364; s 258
demonism: w74 396; g74 2/22 4-5
discussion: g72 8/22 5-7; ad 808-812, 820-822; g64 1/22 5-10; g63 8/22 5-10; g63 12/8 7-8; w59 709-712; w55 579-583; g54 7/22 5-8; w53 393-395; lg 145-154
early Christians: tr 144; ad 811-812; g70 8/8 28; w69 118; g69 5/8 5; qm 277; w64 393; g64 1/22 6-7; w63 54; g63 8/22 6-7; w62 16; yb62 23-24; g62 4/22 9-10, 27-28; w60 230; w59 711-712; g57 12/8 7; w55 582-583; qm55 277; g54 7/22 6; w53 393; lg 148; w51 138; g37 9/8 785
experiences:
Bible truth frees worshipers: yb86 48-49, 77-78; yb81 70; yb80 182-183; w79 4/15 32; yb75 13, 21; g74 2/22 4-5; yb72 65, 194; g72 1/22 24-26; g72 5/22 24; g72 12/22 15-16; yb71 103-104, 107, 109, 152, 298, 302; w70 136, 612, 649-650; yb70 107, 129, 132, 134, 144-145, 200-201, 208-209, 215-216, 218, 244, 247, 250, 278, 299; g70 8/22 8; yb69 86, 151-152, 183-184, 186; yb68 140-141; g68 9/22 16; yb67 296; yb66 98; yb65 71-72; yb64 119-120; yb63 198, 218-219, 227, 288-289; yb62 86-87, 116, 140, 205; yb61 111-112
destroying one’s: yb86 48-49; w80 10/15 29; yb80 182-183, 218, 223; w79 12/15 26; yb79 227; us 46
interested person stops making: yb65 229-230
failure to protect believers: g62 1/22 15
fetishes: w74 395-396
flags: w64 378; g60 9/22 14-15; w59 398; w54 686; lg 242; w48 20; g36 11/4 81
France:
Lourdes: g41 4/30 24-25
Our Lady of the Crypt: g63 8/22 8
gold and silver images: g76 8/22 27-28
golden calf: g65 5/8 28-29; ns 109-110
Hinduism: g73 7/8 16, 18
Holy Blood: g72 7/22 23
Holy Week: g70 2/22 27-28
Honduras:
Virgin of Suyapa: g52 1/22 5-7
Horace’s comment on the making of a god: g77 5/22 15
Jupiter changed to Peter: mg63 77; w59 710; g56 12/8 20; g55 10/22 16; g50 9/8 10-11
Kali: g72 1/22 24-25
Luxembourg:
Beloved Lady: g70 6/22 20-23
Madonna: g54 7/22 8; g50 11/22 23; g48 11/22 28
magic charms: g63 8/22 9
manufacturers: bf 213
Mary: yb78 189-190; g73 1/8 27-28; g73 2/22 29-30; g73 8/8 28; g67 3/8 7; g67 7/8 21-22; g63 8/22 9; w56 683; g53 5/22 13-16; g52 1/22 5-7; g50 5/8 23-24; g50 11/22 23
mother-and-child:
origin: w81 1/15 30
national emblems: w54 685-686; lg 242; w48 20; g42 10/28 17-18
Nebuchadnezzar’s golden: w84 4/15 8-9; w72 140-141; ad 12-13, 415, 1144, 1213; te 139-142; w69 298; w67 157; w65 11; yb65 18; bf 174; w57 758; w56 479; w55 241; w49 287; w34 292-293
not all images are idols: w65 256; bf 102; w59 712; w56 363; w53 393
cherubs in Israel’s worship: w80 11/1 28-30
photographs: w50 496
Solomon’s temple: w65 255-256
organizations: w59 112; w52 713-716; lg 153-154; w46 374; w45 313
ornaments: w72 295-296
pagan origin: g64 1/22 7-8; g63 8/22 8-9; w61 104; w59 712; cy 12; g54 7/22 5; w53 394; lg 149-150; rg 57
Poland:
“weeping”: g50 1/8 24
prayers to: w66 497; g65 5/8 28-29; g65 10/22 28
relative worship: w74 395-396; g74 2/8 27; w67 121; g64 1/22 5, 8
removed from church: yb70 209; g70 8/8 28
Roman Empire: bf 483
“Saint” Francis of Assisi: g39 9/6 21
“Saint” Peter: g75 1/8 23
selling: w62 16; yb62 23-24; w55 167; g54 7/22 8; w53 712; g49 8/22 26-28
Spain:
Our Lady of the Pillar: g46 3/13 21-22
unreasonableness of fearing: us 41-42, 44
used for smuggling: g65 3/22 8
Venezuela:
Virgin of Coromoto: g53 5/22 13-16
Quotations
ancient Fathers of Church forbade sculptured images in temples: w59 710
early Christians set up no image: w60 230; g54 7/22 6; w53 393; co 45
foreign to Christian worship: w59 712; g57 12/8 7; g54 7/22 6; w51 138
heathens were first to use images of Christ: w64 393
if Christians pray to saints made by carpenters, why should not Indians pray to the sun?: w77 471
introduced after Constantine: g54 7/22 6
nowhere find a figure of Yahweh [Jehovah]: g63 7/8 11
unknown to primitive Christians: g37 9/8 785