“We have complete faith that God will judge us based upon what is in our hearts and not on the misjudgements of others.”
Christian liberty is great, but it doesn’t give absolute freedom. There are certain acts which are evil, no matter what is in a person’s heart when they commit them. Now, I’m not the one who determines what those acts are, but certainly they do exist. If all that matters is what is in your heart, then why will many people who believed that they served God be told, when the time comes, that He never knew them?
“Abstaining from humility might not be sinful in and of itself, but how do you think He will respond to you having judged the faith of His brothers?”
Where have I “judged the faith” of others? Where have I said so-and-so is going to hell, or they have no faith, or some statement like that? I’m making a theological argument, exhorting others to, what I believe, is a more sound worship of God. Or is what is in my heart not important after all?
Here's my theological argument: we Catholics and Orthodox worship God how He told us to worship Him, in the Holy sacrifice of the Mass, where His body is offered to the Father. You are dumbfounded by bowing down to statues and icons because you, being Protestant, don't know how to worship. You think that your congregations do worship. They don't. They read the Bible together, listen to their semi-educated pastor about what his thoughts are, and understand on the average zilch. Then they turn around and lecture others.
Leave your sect and come to Jesus.
When you said "Apparent, meaning it has every appearance of a violation to an outside observer."
All you needed to do was ask one of us and you'd have learned that we are not praying to an idol.