Iconoclast controversy

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The Iconoclast controversy was an 8th–9th century Byzantine religious and political conflict over the veneration of icons that profoundly influenced Eastern Orthodox theology and imperial authority.

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Iconoclast controversy canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine historical event ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
doctrinalIssue distinction between veneration and worship ⓘ
legitimacy of religious images ⓘ
endTime 843 ⓘ
firstPhaseEnd 787 ⓘ
firstPhaseStart 726 ⓘ
hasMainTopic iconoclasm ⓘ
imperial authority in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
veneration of icons ⓘ
hasPart First Iconoclasm ⓘ
Second Iconoclasm ⓘ
influenced Byzantine art ⓘ
Byzantine church–state relations ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox theology of icons ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theology
keyFigure Constantine V ⓘ
Emperor Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Leo V the Armenian

Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ
Empress Theodora ⓘ
John of Damascus ⓘ
Leo III the Isaurian ⓘ
Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople ⓘ
Theodore the Studite ⓘ
location Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
opposedBy iconodules ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
iconoclasm ⓘ
religiousContext Byzantine Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theology

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
result affirmation of icons in Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
limitation of imperial control over doctrine ⓘ
restoration of the veneration of icons ⓘ
secondPhaseEnd 843 ⓘ
secondPhaseStart 814 ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Hieria ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
startTime 726 ⓘ
supportedBy iconoclasts ⓘ
theologicalPositionDefended use of icons in Christian worship ⓘ
theologicalPositionOpposed icon veneration ⓘ

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Byzantine theology → shapedByEvent → Iconoclast controversy ⓘ
Germanus I of Constantinople → participantIn → Iconoclast controversy ⓘ
Byzantine Papacy → hasNotableEvent → Iconoclast controversy ⓘ
Stoudios Monastery → playedRoleIn → Iconoclast controversy ⓘ