Many Protestants who follow the French reformer John Calvin generally agree in rejecting the canons of the Council, which they believe promoted idolatry. He rejected the distinction between veneration (douleia, proskynēsis) and adoration (latreia) as unbiblical "sophistry" and condemned even the decorative use of images.cf. John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.11 In subsequent editions of the Institutes, he cited the Libri Carolini.
Many Protestants who follow the French reformer John Calvin generally agree in rejecting the canons of the Council, which they believe promoted idolatry. He rejected the distinction between veneration (douleia, proskynēsis) and adoration (latreia) as unbiblical "sophistry" and condemned even the decorative use of images.cf John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.11 In subsequent editions of the Institutes he cited the Libri Carolini.