In the abbreviated Protestant form of “The Ten Commandments,” the second reads, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image.” However, that statement is omitted in the abbreviated list that Catholics use. Was this an intentional omission so that the Catholic use of statues would not be questioned? Or is there a different explanation?

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