Icons, Iconoclasm, and the Lack of Effect in Western Europe

Since the establishment of the Jewish Act, or since Christian called the Old Testament, the representative idol concept has prospered. To introduce the Old Testament and the stories of the New Testament, the icon has various shapes and sizes. But sometimes world leaders abuse their icons with their people. As time goes on, some groups believe that icons are good for their religious survival, but others believe that people are abused to worship it without that quality .

Along the Byzantine era (literally literally broken), early 8th century saw the repression and destruction of religious idols. The 2 nd Nysia Council of 787 virtually ended the first Byzantine destruction and restored respect for icons and icons. However, this did not quickly become a large depiction of the father. Even supporters using icons in the 8th century, such as St. John of Damascus, distinguished the statue of Christ from the image of Christ.

Yesterday, Father Stephan wrote a nice and informative article about the destruction of icons and idols. Among them, he briefly introduced an orthodox understanding of icons, theology behind them, and a brief overview of the history of icon fragments ("Icon Shredding"). He did not address this in detail, but since it has nothing to do with the subject of his article, since I read it, there was a line in my mind. He said: Throughout history, especially since reform (at least in the West) people react violently to icons, sometimes fanatical and destroy them with great violence and anger. The destroyer, Father Steven, "It is the spirit of hatred and anger ... It is attributed to enthusiasm or forgiveness to prosperity." This is a tragic testimony to the history of Christian brothers and sisters reacting with each other . Especially in the name of religion and purity, very intense

As anticipated, Iconoclasm touched some of the violent reactions of people attached to icons when religion was a very important issue for individuals and nations. The riot swept the city of the empire. Tension with Western European churches is also defense for icons. Court conspiracy and murder are mainly focused on icon problems. Queen of the idol, when Irene came to the throne (to blind the son to take control of power), she dismissed some of the best corps as their army was mainly a destroyer did. Of course, this impairs the ability of the empire to protect itself, inviting sudden attacks from neighboring countries. After more than a century of chaos (726 - 843), the image is restored and the empire can pursue a more stable path, independent of major religious controversies.