“ In accordance with the cult of the emperor, ” explains John Taylor in his book Icon Painting, “people worshipped his portrait painted on canvas or wood, and from thence to the veneration of icons was a small step. ”
وإحدى الممارسات الشائعة عند كثيرين من الوثنيين الذين ادعوا المسيحية كانت عبادة صور الامبراطور .‏