Lucaris answers: “We are taught by the Divine and Sacred Scriptures, which say plainly, ‘ Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, or a likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath; thou shalt not adore them, nor shalt thou worship them; [Exodus 20: 4, 5] ’ since we ought to worship, not the creature, but only the Creator and Maker of the heaven and of the earth, and Him only to adore....
ते स्पष्टपणे सांगते, की ‘ तू आपल्यासाठी कोरीव मूर्ती करू नको; वर आकाशातील, खाली पृथ्वीवरील व पृथ्वीखालच्या जलातील कशाचीहि प्रतिमा करू नको.