THE ICONOCLASTIC THESES AND THEIR REJECTION BY THE ORTHODOX POPES
THE ICONOCLASTIC THESES AND THEIR REJECTION BY THE ORTHODOX POPES
Author(s): Mircea Cristian PricopSubject(s): Cultural history, History of Church(es), Eastern Orthodoxy, History of Religion, History of Art
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Christian art; Byzantine Church; icons; iconoclasm; the orthodox popes;
Summary/Abstract: In the eighth century the very foundation of the Church was shaken by the struggle against the holy images. The destruction caused in the area of Byzantine Empire by the brutal policy of the emperors from the Isaurian dinasty was so violent that many of the oldest objects of Christian worship were lost forever. The condemnation of the iconoclasm by the orthodox popes, alongside the patriarchs of Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antiochia and the confessors from the East, was the first step towards the full restoration of the cult of icons, Saints and relics, which will occur during the reign of the holy empresses Irene and Theodora.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 542-547
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian
