The word for today is…
iconoclast (noun):
1 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
2 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Iconoclast comes from the Greek word eikonoklastes, which translates literally as “image destroyer.” While the destruction wrought by today’s iconoclasts is figurative—in modern use, an iconoclast is someone who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted—the first iconoclasts directed their ire at religious icons, those representations of sacred individuals used as objects of veneration. The Byzantine Empire’s Iconoclastic Controversy occurred in the 8th and 9th centuries, but the word iconoclast didn’t find its way to English until the 17th century. Figurative use came later still.
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