Irenaeus and the Image of Made by Pilate

I don't think Irenaeus would have thought that the image of made by Pilate would have been valid but he's just describing right some of their claims for example Protestants really gravitate to Paul you know especially NT Wright and other New Testament scholars have talked about how on the issue of justification it seems almost like we have oversaturated in our tradition. Having something in common with a heretical group does not necessarily mean that that common thing is bad for example Catholics venerate icons in a different way than Gnostics. Julian on idolatry says when the devil introduced into the world artificers of statues and of images and of every kind of likenesses that former rude business of human disaster attained