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Well Knox, zwingly, and Calvin were pointing to the Commandments and looking at images of God and/or Jesus. It is possible that back then they took it too far. But ultimately to portray God in a form as to represent him then they rejected it. You are focusing on particular images versus the ornation of what the Catholic church was doing and the indulgences that were had. That is what Luther rejected. I don't know Luther focused on the images as much as the indulgences and the elaborate nature of expenditures. Also out of curiosity why is this of issue to you
It's more like a misinterpretion of commandments or just the inability to grasp the definition of words. I'm an art aficionado who takes exception to the destruction of cultural heritage. Catholicism is responsible for much of the greatest of it to be found in the history of Western Civilization. Protestantism? Yeah, not so much. I was raised Prot and have Catholic baptized kids, so having very good familiarity with both sides: I'd say the latter is also vastly superior where doctrine and theology are concerned. The evangelical strain of protestantism is a cancer to the United States and a fucking scourge on Christianity as a whole.