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{{quote |9. After such a figment is formed, adoration forthwith ensues: for when once men imagined that they beheld God in images, they also worshipped him as being there. . . . For as soon as a visible form is given to God, his power also is supposed to be annexed to it. So stupid are men, that wherever they figure God, there they fix him, and by necessary consequence proceed to adore him. It makes no difference whether they worship the idol simply, or God in the idol.|''Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 1'', Jean Calvin, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Grand Rapids, MI, 1845, pp. 101-102}}

~~Not only Jean Calvin but also many~~ reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and John Knox refused to worship the cross as well as pictures or images of sacred figures and sculptures because those images lead to idolatry. Thus, they banned churches from installing any decorations or images in the church.<ref name="십자가 지침">[http://www.kidok.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96315 Precise Guidelines Needed for 'Cross in the Chapel'], ''The Christian Newspaper'', April 11, 2016</ref><ref name="십자가 거치 논란">[https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/2412166/1 Church of God General Pastor Interview], ''Woman DongA'', February 4, 2021</ref> Today, the [[World Mission Society Church of God]], too, reject the cross, which is a form of idol, and do not set it up according to the teachings of the Bible.

Many reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and John Knox refused to worship the cross as well as pictures or images of sacred figures and sculptures because those images lead to idolatry. Thus, they banned churches from installing any decorations or images in the church.<ref name="십자가 지침">[http://www.kidok.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96315 Precise Guidelines Needed for 'Cross in the Chapel'], ''The Christian Newspaper'', April 11, 2016</ref><ref name="십자가 거치 논란">[https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/2412166/1 Church of God General Pastor Interview], ''Woman DongA'', February 4, 2021</ref> Today, the [[World Mission Society Church of God]], too, reject the cross, which is a form of idol, and do not set it up according to the teachings of the Bible.

==The Cross-Reverence Is Idolatry==

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 {{quote |9. After such a figment is formed, adoration forthwith ensues: for when once men imagined that they beheld God in images, they also worshipped him as being there. . . . For as soon as a visible form is given to God, his power also is supposed to be annexed to it. So stupid are men, that wherever they figure God, there they fix him, and by necessary consequence proceed to adore him. It makes no difference whether they worship the idol simply, or God in the idol.|''Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 1'', Jean Calvin, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Grand Rapids, MI, 1845, pp. 101-102}}
-Not only Jean Calvin but also many reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and John Knox refused to worship the cross as well as pictures or images of sacred figures and sculptures because those images lead to idolatry. Thus, they banned churches from installing any decorations or images in the church.<ref name="십자가 지침">[http://www.kidok.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96315 Precise Guidelines Needed for 'Cross in the Chapel'], ''The Christian Newspaper'', April 11, 2016</ref><ref name="십자가 거치 논란">[https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/2412166/1 Church of God General Pastor Interview], ''Woman DongA'', February 4, 2021</ref> Today, the [[World Mission Society Church of God]], too, reject the cross, which is a form of idol, and do not set it up according to the teachings of the Bible.
+Many reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and John Knox refused to worship the cross as well as pictures or images of sacred figures and sculptures because those images lead to idolatry. Thus, they banned churches from installing any decorations or images in the church.<ref name="십자가 지침">[http://www.kidok.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=96315 Precise Guidelines Needed for 'Cross in the Chapel'], ''The Christian Newspaper'', April 11, 2016</ref><ref name="십자가 거치 논란">[https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/2412166/1 Church of God General Pastor Interview], ''Woman DongA'', February 4, 2021</ref> Today, the [[World Mission Society Church of God]], too, reject the cross, which is a form of idol, and do not set it up according to the teachings of the Bible.
 ==The Cross-Reverence Is Idolatry==

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