Iconoclastic Controversy
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul
- Date: 726-843
Article abstract: The Iconoclastic Controversy, a major religious crisis, divides Byzantium and causes a split between the Christian centers of Constantinople and Rome.
Summary of Event
The Iconoclastic Controversy (726-787, and 815-843) constituted a profound religious and political crisis within Christendom. It divided the religious worlds of the Western Roman Catholic Church from Eastern Orthodoxy, and it shook the religious, political, and military foundations of Byzantium.
First, the controversy concerned the use and religious significance of...
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