Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
>>which is like looking through a mirror<<
No it’s not. We don’t look through a mirror. A mirror reflects. So unless you are placing a statue of some sort in front of that mirror…..
>>This is not the only reference to holy images in St. Paul's writing. Here is another:<<
Oh please. You quote Galatians 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” claiming that somehow that is to be taken literally as evidence there must have been some sort of statue or image before them. But just before that in Chapter 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” You must then also believe that Paul was literally crucified with Christ.
That is my point. We look at an image of God, but the situation resembles a mirror.
You must then also believe that Paul was literally crucified with Christ.
We are crucified with Christ, true, but in Galatians 3:1 the reference is to Christ Crucified "set forth" "before their eyes". They were looking at a crucifix.
