Iconodule movement

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Christian theological movement political movement religious movement

The Iconodule movement was a Christian theological and political current that defended the veneration of religious images (icons) against Byzantine Iconoclasm, asserting their legitimacy in worship and doctrine.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
asserted	legitimacy of icons in Christian doctrine ⓘ orthodoxy of icon veneration ⓘ
associatedEvent	First Iconoclast Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Iconoclast Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Triumph of Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredIn	Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversyType	Christological controversy ⓘ ecclesio‑political conflict ⓘ
councilSupportedBy	Council of Constantinople of 843 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
culminatedIn	restoration of icons in 843 ⓘ
defended	use of religious images in worship ⓘ veneration of icons ⓘ
doctrinalOutcome	affirmation of the veneration of icons as orthodox ⓘ condemnation of iconoclasm as heretical ⓘ
geographicRegion	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Byzantine art NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox theology of icons ⓘ Roman Catholic theology of sacred images ⓘ later Orthodox iconographic tradition ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Christian practices of image veneration ⓘ
keyFigure	Empress Irene of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Empress Theodora NERFINISHED ⓘ John of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore the Studite NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfDebate	Greek ⓘ
legacy	enduring acceptance of icons in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ shaping of Byzantine religious art and piety ⓘ
liturgicalCommemoration	Sunday of Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainClassification	pro‑icon movement ⓘ
opposedTo	Byzantine Iconoclasm NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Byzantine emperors favoring iconoclasm ⓘ iconoclast bishops ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
supportedBy	Pope Gregory III NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Hadrian I NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Leo III NERFINISHED ⓘ many lay Christians in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ monks ⓘ several Byzantine empresses ⓘ
theologicalBasis	distinction between veneration and worship ⓘ doctrine of the Incarnation ⓘ teaching that honor given to the image passes to the prototype ⓘ
timePeriod	8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ

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Theodore Studites → movement → Iconodule movement ⓘ

Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople → seeAlso → Iconodule movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Germanus I of Constantinople