WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Iconoclasts (Greek for “breakers of images”) refers to those who opposed icons. Iconophiles (Greek for “lovers of images”), also known as “iconodules” (Greek for “servants of images”), refers to those who supported the use of religious images.

Detailed explanation-2: -People who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, Greek for “breakers of icons” (), a term that has come to be applied figuratively to any person who breaks or disdains established dogmata or conventions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Iconolatry (Greek: , eikon, ‘picture or image’, + , latreia, ‘veritable (full) worship or adoration’) designates the idolatric worship or adoration of icons. In the history of Christianity, iconolatry was manifested mainly in popular worship, as a superstitious belief in the divine nature of icons.