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    The Byzantine Iconoclasm (Ancient Greek: Εἰκονομαχία, romanized: Eikonomachía, lit. 'image struggle', 'war on icons') were two periods in the history of...
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    term originates from the Byzantine Iconoclasm, the struggles between proponents and opponents of religious icons in the Byzantine Empire from 726 to 842...
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    art in worship led eventually to the period of "Byzantine iconoclasm." Sporadic outbreaks of iconoclasm on the part of local bishops are attested in Asia...
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    Empire. Scholars have discussed the mutual influence of Muslim and Byzantine iconoclasm, noting that Caliph Yazid II had issued an iconoclastic edict, also...
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    Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) (category Byzantine icons)
    image which was destroyed twice during the first and second waves of Byzantine Iconoclasm—first in 726, and again in 814—and thus its connection with the Christ...
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    Pope Gregory III (category Popes of the Byzantine Papacy)
    His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention...
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    aniconism in Christian history, notably during the controversy of the Byzantine iconoclasm of the eighth century, and following the Protestant Reformation of...
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  • changes under Heraclius in the 7th century, the Byzantine Empire went through a period of Iconoclasm in-part marking a period of 'counter-Hellenization'...
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    the Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm. Theophilos...
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    Roman usurpers List of Byzantine usurpers Succession to the Byzantine Empire List of Roman and Byzantine empresses List of Byzantine emperors of Armenian...
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    power of the Franks. The Isaurian dynasty is chiefly associated with Byzantine iconoclasm, an attempt to restore divine favour by purifying the Christian faith...
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    Domestically, he supported and strengthened the resumption of official iconoclasm, which had begun again under Leo V. Michael was born in 770 in Amorium...
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    regent, she called the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, which condemned iconoclasm as heretical and brought an end to the first iconoclast period (730–787)...
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    Theophilos succeeded Michael II in 829 and was the last Byzantine Emperor to support iconoclasm. Theophilos waged war against the Arabs throughout the...
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    his reign. His fervent support of Iconoclasm and opposition to monasticism led to his vilification by later Byzantine historians and writers, who denigrated...
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  • Iconodulism (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    et Sanctos quorum illae similitudinem gerunt, veneremur»). Byzantine iconoclasm Iconoclasm Iconography Idolatry Iconolatry Council of Constantinople (843)...
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  • perceive via the senses. There were two periods of iconoclasm, or icon-destruction, in the Byzantine Empire, in the mid eighth and early ninth centuries...
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    Icon (redirect from Byzantine iconography)
    these survive. Widespread destruction of images occurred during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of 726–842, although this did settle permanently the question of...
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    that no images should be in churches. Later, in the Eastern church, Byzantine iconoclasm banned and destroyed images of Christ for a period, before they returned...
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    decade-long war with the Bulgars, and initiated the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He was assassinated by supporters of Michael the Amorian, one of...
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    Second Council of Nicaea (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    the final defeat of iconoclasm in 843, is celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite as "The Sunday of...
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    Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    Sunday of Great Lent, a celebration that commemorated the end of Byzantine Iconoclasm and restoration of icons to the church in 843 (the eponymous "Triumph...
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    Theodore the Studite (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    family belonged to the iconodule party during the first period of Byzantine Iconoclasm. There is however no evidence to support this, and their high position...
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    periods of Byzantine Iconoclasm. During the Sack of Constantinople in 1204, the Latin Crusaders vandalized valuable items in every important Byzantine structure...
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    emperors' support for the Byzantine Iconoclasm, which opposed the use of religious icons, they were later vilified by Byzantine historians; Constantine's...
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    witnessed the suppression and destruction of religious icons as the Byzantine iconoclasm (literally, "image struggle" or "war on icons") began. Emperor Leo...
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  • Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires. To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Following tradition...
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    Feast of Orthodoxy (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    Church and other churches using the Byzantine Rite to commemorate, originally, only the final defeat of iconoclasm on the first Sunday of Lent in 843,...
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    dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Theodosian dynasty Byzantine Iconoclasm History of Lebanon under Byzantine rule History of the Jews in the Byzantine Empire...
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    Germanus I of Constantinople (category Byzantine Iconoclasm)
    of the Byzantine State, pp. 350, 352-353. Mango, C. "Historical Introduction," in Bryer & Herrin, eds., Iconoclasm, pp. 2-3, Centre for Byzantine Studies...
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