>>23354519Romanists have their own talmud that supersedes the Bible called the catechism where they lawyered Scripture to reconcile it with all the pagan practices that got grafted into Christianity during the 3rd and 4th Centuries. Their logic is that idolatry is now ok because Jesus Christ was the Word of God incarnate. So if it was ok for people to worship Jesus Himself as God, then it's also ok for people to "venerate" images or icons of Jesus (and saints) as long as they don't believe that an image of someone is literally that person.
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7F.HTMThere it is straight from the horse's mouth. But keep in mind that they also believe sacramental eucharist bread and wine physically transubstantiates into God Himself when they worship it.