Iconodulism
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Iconodulism designates the religious service to icons. The term comes from Neoclassical Greek εἰκονόδουλος, meaning "one who serves images ". It is also referred to as iconophilism designating a posit
Late 14th-early 15th century icon illustrating the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" under the Byzantine empress Theodora over iconoclasm in 843. (National Icon Collection 18, British Museum).
Byzantine Iconoclasm
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The Byzantine Iconoclasm was two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the Ecumenical Patria
Iconodulism
…also starting to emerge, arguing not only against adoration of icons, but also against any form of adoration and use of icons in religious life. The iconoclastic controversy emerged in the Byzantine Empire and lasted through the 8th and the 9th centuries. The most famous iconodules (proponents of the veneration of icons…
A simple cross: example of iconoclastic art in the Hagia Irene church in Istanbul
Byzantine Iconoclasm, Chludov Psalter, 9th century.
Argument about icons before the emperor, in the Skylitzis Chronicle
Patriarch Germanos I of Constantinople with icons supported by angels