“We have to renounce iconoclasm”

We have to renounce iconoclasm. In so doing, we inherently set ourselves against certain forces within modernity. The truth is eschatological, that is, it lies in the future, but we also believe that this eschatological reality was incarnate in Christ, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. We do not oppose the future in embracing the Tradition we have received. We embrace the future that is coming in Truth, rather than the false utopias of modern man’s imagination. – Fr. Stephen

I hereby expressly state my renunciation of iconoclasm in all its manifold forms; I reject all its insidious manifestations in every theology, philosophy, or materialistic doubt. I believe in Jesus Christ, the Word of God incarnate, who may be visually represented and his image venerated as a means to ascend in mind and spirit to Him. I receive with perfect faith what the Catholic Church teaches about the veneration of icons and images.