{"id":93143,"date":"2025-08-11T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=93143"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:42:41","slug":"icons-gavin-ortlunds-500-year-absence-claim-refuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2025\/08\/icons-gavin-ortlunds-500-year-absence-claim-refuted.html","title":{"rendered":"Icons: Gavin Ortlund\u2019s 500-Year Absence Claim Refuted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Summary<\/em>: Reformed Baptist apologist Gavin Ortlund claimed that there is zero evidence of any positive adherence whatsoever to icons up to 500 AD. I produce four counter-examples.<\/p>\n

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