Council of Hieria

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Byzantine council church council iconoclast council

The Council of Hieria was an eighth-century Byzantine church council convened by iconoclast emperors that supported the rejection of religious images and was later denounced as heretical.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Hieria canonical	12
Synod of Hieria	2
Council of Hiereia	1
Iconoclastic Council of Hieria	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine council ⓘ church council ⓘ iconoclast council ⓘ
affirmed	veneration of the Eucharist ⓘ veneration of the cross ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council of Hieria ⓘ surface form: Council of Hiereia Iconoclast Council of 754 ⓘ Council of Hieria ⓘ surface form: Synod of Hieria
associatedWith	Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
condemnationDate	787 ⓘ
condemnedBy	Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ iconophile bishops ⓘ
convenedBy	Byzantine imperial authority ⓘ Constantine V ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
declared	religious images are contrary to Christian teaching ⓘ veneration of icons is idolatrous ⓘ
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
doctrinalPosition	iconoclasm ⓘ
ecumenicalStatus	not an ecumenical council ⓘ
excludedGroup	patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ pope of Rome ⓘ
followedBy	Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
historicalImpact	deepened the division between iconoclasts and iconophiles ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ surface form: First Iconoclasm
influenced	imperial iconoclastic policy ⓘ
issued	dogmatic definition against icons ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
laterStatus	condemned as heretical ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
location	Hieria ⓘ imperial palace of Hieria ⓘ
notRecognizedBy	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
numberOfBishops	over 300 ⓘ
opposedConcept	use of religious images ⓘ veneration of icons ⓘ
partOf	history of Christian theology ⓘ history of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
recognizedBy	Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ surface form: Byzantine iconoclast emperors
rejected	pictorial representations of Christ ⓘ pictorial representations of the Virgin Mary ⓘ pictorial representations of the saints ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
startTime	754 ⓘ
temporalContext	eighth century ⓘ
theologicalBasis	Old Testament prohibitions of images ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Council of Nicaea → condemned → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Council of Hieria → alsoKnownAs → Council of Hieria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Hiereia

Council of Hieria → alsoKnownAs → Council of Hieria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Synod of Hieria

Byzantine Iconoclasm → significantEvent → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Iconoclasm → significantEvent → Council of Hieria ⓘ

subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm

Constantine V → heldCouncil → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Iconoclast Council of 754 → alsoKnownAs → Council of Hieria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Synod of Hieria

Hieria → knownFor → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Hieria → hasEvent → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Hieria → alsoKnownAs → Council of Hieria ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Hieria

this entity surface form: Iconoclastic Council of Hieria

Hieria → associatedWith → Council of Hieria ⓘ

imperial palace of Hieria → notableFor → Council of Hieria ⓘ

imperial palace of Hieria → eventLocation → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Isaurian dynasty → notableEvent → Council of Hieria ⓘ

Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty → hasCouncil → Council of Hieria ⓘ