Is to be deep in history to cease to be Protestant? When it comes to the venerating of icons, to be deep in history is, emphatically to the contrary, to cease to be Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. For the witness of the early church is unanimously and thunderingly opposed to the practice, in consistency with the witness of Scripture. Yet the seventh ecumenical council, which both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions regard as infallible, casts anathemas widely and liberally at all who abstain from the practice (or “knowingly communicate” with those who do!). This is not a
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