Iconoclasm

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Iconoclasm was a major religious and political controversy in the Byzantine Empire centered on the rejection and destruction of religious images and icons.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine controversy
Christian iconoclastic movement
Christian theological dispute
church council
ecumenical council
phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm
phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm
political conflict
religious controversy
religious controversy
theological doctrine
country Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
endTime 787
843
843
etymology from Greek eikon (image) and klasma (breaking)
hasCause imperial policy
theological objections to idolatry
hasEffect destruction of religious images
development of Byzantine theology of images
persecution of iconodules
political conflict between emperor and church
hasPart First Iconoclast Period
Second Iconoclast Period
influenced later Protestant iconoclasm
location Constantinople
mainTopicOf Byzantine Iconoclasm
notableWork initiation of imperial iconoclastic policy
promotion of iconoclasm
renewal of iconoclastic policies
support for restoration of icons
opposedBy iconodules
monastic communities
opposedTo religious images
veneration of icons
positionHeld Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine emperor
Byzantine empress
restored veneration of icons
supported iconoclasm
religion Eastern Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy
significantEvent Council of Hieria
Second Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED
significantPerson Constantine V
Irene of Athens
Leo III the Isaurian
Theophilus (emperor)
startTime 726
726
814

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Byzantine Empire
event
Seven Ecumenical Councils
opposedHeresy

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