I am a Christian, and I think praying to an icon seems like worshiping an object.
I am a Christian, and I like worshiping icons.
Smash the ICONS!!
Smash icons!
Aye Aye!!!!!
Yes sir
I feel mistrust between us.
Hey, you destroyed our icons!!
Western
Well, worshiping a painting is foolish!!
Eastern
I feel the same.
Some Christians thought that praying to a picture frame seemed like worshiping an object. Other Christians thought that worshiping Jesus in a picture frame was a good idea.
Iconoclasts or "image-breakers" were ordered from the Byzantine emperors in the 700's to go into churches and smash the icons. These attacks angered Christians in Western Europe.
After the icon controversy, there was a feeling of mistrust between the Eastern and Western churches.