Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Craig Truglia responds to the methodologically poor defense of aniconism and demonstrates that all of the explicit historical evidence points to historic icondulia and the consistent historical methodology backs this up.

00:00 Introduction
01:17 Origen, Altars, and Strawmen Arguments
09:24 Eusebius of Caesarea Records Ante-Nicene Iconodulia
10:37 Ortlund's Bad Historical Methodology
12:58 Eusebius of Caesarea Endorses Christian Images
16:52 Ortlund's Contradictory Interpretations of Ireaneus and Acts of John
18:15 Ortlund's Inconsistent Approach to Weighing Evidence
20:03 Tertullian and Nuance
23:17 Grotto of Nazareth & Sound Archaeology
28:20 Saint Epiphanius
30:02 St Gregory the Great
33:30 Avoid the Doctrinal Development Trap
37:39 Inviting Ortlund to a Live Dialogue
38:39 Closing Remarks

Ante-Nicene Iconodulia in Plain Sight: orthodoxchristiantheology.com/2023/02/07/ante-nicene-iconodulia-in-plain-sight

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