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churches darkened rather than enlightened

the minds of the ignorant—degraded rather

than exalted the devotion of the worshiper.

So that, however they might have been

intended to direct men's minds to God, they

ended in turning them from him to the

worship of created things.”—J. Mendham,

The Seventh General Council, the Second of

Nicaea, Introduction, pages III-VI.

For a record of the proceedings and decisions

of the Second Council of Nicaea, A.D. 787,

called to establish the worship of images, see

Baronius, Ecclesiastical Annals, Vol. 9, pp.

391-407 (Antwerp, 1612); J. Mendham, The

Seventh General Council, the Second of

Nicaea; Ed. Stillingfleet, Defense of the

Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practiced

in the Church of Rome (London, 1686); A

Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene