Sacrificing for and Exalting the Cross
There was no iconography (i.e. image veneration) by any Christian before AD 500.
You assume that by speaking of "the cross", Ignatius is speaking of an image of the cross rather than the cross Christ died on.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/answering-eastern-orthodox-apologists-regarding-icons/
There was no iconography (i.e. image veneration) by any Christian before AD 500.
You assume that by speaking of "the cross", Ignatius is speaking of an image of the cross rather than the cross Christ died on.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/answering-eastern-orthodox-apologists-regarding-icons/