On the Seventh Council

The Seventh Council s (2nd Nicea) attempt to distinguish latreia from proskynesis is not sustainable by the Biblical evidence. Neither Deut. 6:13 (in Codex Alexandrinus) nor Jesus s quotation of that passage to Satan in Mt. 4:10 can support this distinction. Both are echoes of Ex. 20:5 s words οὐ προσκυνήσεις αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς. The concern [ ]