Q46. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
The second commandment forbids worshipping God through images or in any other way that He has not appointed in His Word.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
1
Deuteronomy 4:15–16
“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”
2
Colossians 2:18
“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,”