[RobbyS]

What happened it the 4th century was that romes' pagan religious leaders saw the writing on the wall. Over 3 centuries of roman butchery only caused the spread of the Christianity, therefore in 352 A.D. the roman emporer constantine invited the Christian Churches that rome had not been able to wipe out to send representatives to form a church council in rome. Only those willing to betray the Gospel in order to save their own lives joined constantine, your first pope. Many of the pagan temples were redecorated, but kept their same idols called by different names, the first crop of "catholic saints". Where did you get this "history?" A council in Rome? Constantine, a pope? " The "redecoration" would be that artists now substituted Christian themes for pagan in public buildings. They would be drawing on theme long used by Christians in the catacombs and other burial sites. Your assumption that the early Christians shared your phobia for images is simply not the case.

[Unbeliever]

They would be drawing on theme long used by Christians in the catacombs and other burial sites. Your assumption that the early Christians shared your phobia for images is simply not the case

REALLY? Why then is there NO MENTION WHATSOEVER in Acts or any of the Epistles of ANY images of Jesus being made? C'mon the Apostles actually SAW Jesus, if He had intended them to make idols of Him He would have said so or they would have recorded that they did.