HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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purgatory
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Humanism
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Iconoclasm
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the traditional view, Byzantine Iconoclasm was started by a ban on religious images promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian, and continued under his successors. It was accompanied by widespread destruction of religious images and persecution of supporters of the veneration of images.
Detailed explanation-2: -The iconoclasts argued that God was invisible and infinite, and therefore beyond human ability to depict in images. Since Jesus was both human and divine, the iconoclasts argued that artists could not depict him in images.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Challenge to the Church in Rome In fact, many images were attacked and destroyed during this period, a phenomenon called iconoclasm.
Detailed explanation-4: -The second Iconoclast period ended with the death of the emperor Theophilus in 842. In 843 his widow, Empress Theodora, finally restored icon veneration, an event still celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Feast of Orthodoxy.