Why no icons in Latin Rite Churches?

[Fan_of_Trent]

I was told that when they built my local Roman Catholic Church sometime during the Vatican II transition era, they buried statues of the saints that were in the the older church under the newly constructed church. Not sure why…

 

[ConstantineTG]

I was told that when they built my local Roman Catholic Church sometime during the Vatican II transition era, they buried statues of the saints that were in the the older church under the newly constructed church. Not sure why…

Maybe they were damaged? Some older churches in the Philippines (built like the 1600s or so) have huge rooms where they store the statues they have used over the years. Of course you will see the wear and tear, especially that these statues have been used in processions and such. It’s not right to just throw them away if they were damaged, so burying them is one of the options.

 

[superamazingman]

The Eastern Church had large conflicts over the use of images - the iconoclasts. As I recall, in the end statues were forbidden and icons were accepted as a compromise.

This fierce disagreement did not occur in the west; so paintings and statuary flourished as art forms.

That is from a very fuzzy memory and may be completely wrong. Don’t bet more than $.10 on it.

No, you’re right!