In this episode Jimmy Akin joins Trent to rebut a recent video from Gavin Ortlund claiming that the practice of icon veneration contradicts scripture and tradition and so it provides a powerful reason to be Protestant.

Original Video “Icon Veneration is CLEARLY an Accretion!”: https://youtu.be/_ytYX4dXpRo

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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:55 - Part I - Understanding the Icon Controversy
00:18:20 – Icons and Doctrinal Development
00:31:54 - Part II – Reviewing the Historical Sources
00:42:10 – Third Century Sources
01:03:43 – Fourth Century Sources
01:29:27 – Post-Fourth Century Sources
01:34:17 - Part III – Reviewing the Second Council of Nicaea
01:56:32 - Part IV – Examining the Biblical Evidence
02:18:57 – The Bronze Serpent
02:35:17 – Closing Thoughts

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