Unrelated? The scripture implicitly states no worship, praying, bowing, creating to ANYONE OR ANYTHING idolic.
How much clearer does God have to be?????
Fine. And we clearly and Explicitly state that our images of Mary and the saints, etc, are NOT "idolic." So we're cool. And I hope we're done.
But somehow I doubt it. Despite the Ecumenical Councils, despite the First council in Acts, despite the promise of the Holy Spirit to guide the Church into Truth, somehow I suspect that the Sola Scrumptious people are going to insist that we have to show that we're right despite their inability to show that we're wrong.