Latter-day Saints and Religious Images
Answering a Catholic Apologist on the Veneration of Images
The Early Christian Use of the Staurogram in Manuscripts: A Visual Reference to Christ's Crucifixion?
Will Durant on the Development of the Veneration of Images
Brian E. Daley on Eusebius' and Epiphanius' Opposition to the Veneration of Images
Athenagoras vs. Second Nicea and Trent on the Veneration of Images and the Persons they Represent
Richard Price on the Late Origin of Icon/Image Veneration
Examples of Second Nicea Affirming the Veneration of Images/Icons, not the Heavenly Prototypes Merely
See also
Eric D. Svendsen, In the Image of God: A Dialogue With a Roman Catholic Apologist on the Veneration of Images (a thorough response to Robert Sungenis on the overwhelming early Christian evidence against the later defined RC/EO dogma)
John B. Carpenter, Answering Eastern Orthodox Apologists regarding Icons
Karl Joseph Von Hefele, A History of the Councils of the Church From the Original Documents, vol. 5: A.D. 626 to the Close of the of the Second Council of Nicea, A.D. 787
As this topic is related to Rome's high Mariology, be sure to see my book:
Behold the Mother of My Lord: Towards a Mormon Mariology (2017)
As some RC/EO apologists tie veneration of images into with the veneration of the consecrated Host, be sure to check out the following essays examining the purported biblical and patristic evidence for the Mass as propitiatory sacrifice and Transubstantiation:
Responses to Robert Sungenis, Not By Bread Alone (2000/2009)
Answering a Catholic Apologist on the Veneration of Images
The Early Christian Use of the Staurogram in Manuscripts: A Visual Reference to Christ's Crucifixion?
Will Durant on the Development of the Veneration of Images
Brian E. Daley on Eusebius' and Epiphanius' Opposition to the Veneration of Images
Athenagoras vs. Second Nicea and Trent on the Veneration of Images and the Persons they Represent
Richard Price on the Late Origin of Icon/Image Veneration
Examples of Second Nicea Affirming the Veneration of Images/Icons, not the Heavenly Prototypes Merely
See also
Eric D. Svendsen, In the Image of God: A Dialogue With a Roman Catholic Apologist on the Veneration of Images (a thorough response to Robert Sungenis on the overwhelming early Christian evidence against the later defined RC/EO dogma)
John B. Carpenter, Answering Eastern Orthodox Apologists regarding Icons
Karl Joseph Von Hefele, A History of the Councils of the Church From the Original Documents, vol. 5: A.D. 626 to the Close of the of the Second Council of Nicea, A.D. 787
As this topic is related to Rome's high Mariology, be sure to see my book:
Behold the Mother of My Lord: Towards a Mormon Mariology (2017)
As some RC/EO apologists tie veneration of images into with the veneration of the consecrated Host, be sure to check out the following essays examining the purported biblical and patristic evidence for the Mass as propitiatory sacrifice and Transubstantiation:
Responses to Robert Sungenis, Not By Bread Alone (2000/2009)