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The 16 pages that link to Idolatry, each with the reason it gives.

• IconoclasmCompared with: Iconoclasts often charged that venerating images crossed into idolatry.

• IconCompared with: The charge of idolatry has repeatedly framed Christian disputes about venerating icons.

• Byzantine IconoclasmCompared with: Opponents feared that venerating images crossed the boundary into worship of matter.

• PolytheismCompared with: Monotheistic critics have sometimes used this charge against polytheistic worship.

• Ten CommandmentsRelated: Commands concerning other gods and images have shaped Jewish and Christian debates about worship.

• WorshipCompared with: Charges of idolatry mark disputes over what may properly receive worship.

• Christian symbolismCompared with: Christian debates often turn on the boundary between symbolic use and worship of an object.

• AniconismRelated: Fear of idolatry is a major reason some traditions restrict religious images.

• DeityCompared with: Disputes over images shape how some communities represent or refuse to represent deities.

• John of DamascusCompared with: Iconoclast critics treated image veneration as idolatry, a charge John rejects.

• Raja Ram Mohan RoyRelated: Roy criticized image worship as part of his reformist religious interpretation.

• Religious iconographyCompared with: Debates over idolatry concern the boundary between representing the sacred and worshipping an image.

• SacrednessCompared with: Disputes over idolatry expose disagreements about which objects may bear sacred significance.

• Jewish symbolismCompared with: The boundary against idolatry shapes how Jewish objects may function symbolically.

• Conceptions of GodRelated: It marks disputes over which representations or conceptions of God are legitimate.

• TotemCompared with: A totem may be an emblem or relative without being an object of worship.