@adachi @une For what it's worth though, the validity of icons isn't just some crazy Protestant nonsense. The tradition is legitimately split on the issue and has been since the very beginning, ESPECIALLY on images of the Godhead himself. That's why it's so controversial.

The compromise after Nicaea II was typically no depictions of the Father allowed, the Spirit can only be depicted through abstraction (like a dove) and the Son can be depicted the same as any saint, although typically with more reverence.