Iconodule movement

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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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Label Occurrences
Iconodule movement canonical 2

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Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
Second Iconoclast Controversy ⓘ
Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
centeredIn Constantinople ⓘ
controversyType Christological controversy ⓘ
ecclesio‑political conflict ⓘ
councilSupportedBy Council of Constantinople of 843 ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
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 ⓘ
influenced Byzantine art ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Empress Theodora ⓘ
John of Damascus ⓘ
Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople ⓘ
Theodore the Studite ⓘ
languageOfDebate Greek ⓘ
legacy enduring acceptance of icons in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
shaping of Byzantine religious art and piety ⓘ
liturgicalCommemoration Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ
mainClassification pro‑icon movement ⓘ
opposedTo Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
primaryOpponents Byzantine emperors favoring iconoclasm ⓘ
iconoclast bishops ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
supportedBy Pope Gregory III ⓘ
Pope Hadrian I ⓘ
Pope Leo III ⓘ
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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Referenced by (2)

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

Theodore Studites → movement → Iconodule movement ⓘ
Germanus I of Constantinople → seeAlso → Iconodule movement ⓘ