The book Byzantium states: “The early Christians, inheriting from Judaism a repugnance toward idolatry, had looked askance at any veneration of pictures of holy persons. ”
ويضيف الكتاب نفسه :‏ « ابتداء من القرن الخامس ،‏ اصبحت الأيقونات او الصور .‏ .‏ .‏