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Was the iconoclast controversy only about images? - Coggle Diagram
Was the iconoclast controversy only about images?
Arab influence
arguement of Leo III being from the east meaning he was influenced by arab ideals more than others
Passed through arab/ islamic beliefs around icons
Images
Images themselves represented ideology
Icons were still produced throughout the iconoclast period
the removal of iconost
Political context- religious authorities and the emperor
Icons focused peoples attention of beliefs, practices and traditions– this extended to imperial and religious control
Religious issues were a consequence of religious authorities attempting to legitimise power against opposing views
Religious issue- wider context than images
Allowed for a larger transformation in the ideological structure of the empire
Germanos- patriarch's writting as a primary source
Leo III's interpretation of the catastrophe of Thera: viewed this as a displeasure with icon
Divine will was a major catalyse for the iconoclasm debate
Connection to the Caledonnian/ Monophysite, "crisis of over-explenationn"
A re-evaluation of Christian worship
Triumph of orthoxdoxy 843 - 787 Concil of Nicaea
Icons have a wider theological importance