Kolokotronis:
Thanks for the ping. Thanks for recognizing the Church of Rome and the Bishop of Rome (Pope) [you use Patriarch of the West] held firm.
What most don’t realize is the iconoclast heresy was ultimately rooted in the Muslim disdain for not only icons, but that Christ was incarnate.
“What most don’t realize is the iconoclast heresy was ultimately rooted in the Muslim disdain for not only icons, but that Christ was incarnate.”
What most people do not realize is that opposition to idolatry in Christendom originates from the Bible. And the deep slavish devotion to practicing and promoting such idolatry comes from putting traditions of men above the word of God just like Christ’s enemies who murdered Him.