ICONOCLASMUL
THE ICONOCLASM
Author(s): Sorin RăpeanuSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: Iconoclasm; changes; idolatry; iconodules; iconophiles;
Summary/Abstract: Iconoclasm literally means “icon-breaking,” which includes the religious as well as political destruction of images or monuments, usually though not always those of another religious group. Iconoclasm is frequently a component of major domestic political or religious changes. Iconoclasm is the belief that there should not be religious pictures or sacred images or religious monuments because they are seen as a form of idolatry.Conversely, people who revere or venerate religious images are called “iconolaters.” In a Byzantine context they are known as“iconodules” or “iconophiles.”
Journal: ICOANA CREDINTEI. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 37-43
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Romanian
