Someone's personal opinion. I thought you guys were against adding manmade tradition to the Word of God, but here you go and do it. In reality, of course, you do it all the time.
BTW, the true God, in the same books where the Decalogue is reported, commanded that the Ark of the Covenant be surmounted by two gilded angels, and that the bronze laver be upheld by twelve sculpted oxen.
The Hebrew, BTW, explicitly condemns the making of idols, not generically "carved images" ... or printed images, or television images, or any other kind of image.
Believe what you will. I won’t argue the point. The Lord will hold you accountable for the commands of His Scriptures and it is to Him you must answer. I heartily disagree with Rome on idols and graven images, but if you are comfortable taking Rome’s teaching and practice into eternity, so be it.
Broad and very comprehensive in its wording ...
This isn't Scripture, but the words of some commentator of whom you approve. Fine. This isn't Scripture either, but it's the words of some commentators of whom I approve:
Acts of the Ecumenical Council of II Nicaea, AD 787
What makes your commentator better than mine? The fact that you agree with him? The fact that John Calvin agrees with him? The fact that the Muslims agree with him? None of those facts is very persuasive to me.
I'll stick with the bishops of the universal church, whose teaching authority can be traced back to the apostles in an unbroken line. You can have your self-appointed, self-anointed "Bible teachers".