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  2. Byzantine Iconoclasm - Wikipedia

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    The First Iconoclasm, [1] as it is sometimes called, occurred between about 726 and 787, while the Second Iconoclasm occurred between 814 and 842. [2] According to the traditional view, Byzantine Iconoclasm was started by a ban on religious images promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian , [ 3 ] and continued under his ...

  3. Iconoclasm - Wikipedia

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    The first act of Muslim iconoclasm dates to the beginning of Islam, in 630, when the various statues of Arabian deities housed in the Kaaba in Mecca were destroyed. There is a tradition that Muhammad spared a fresco of Mary and Jesus. [55] This act was intended to bring an end to the idolatry which, in the Muslim view, characterized Jahiliyyah.

  4. Council of Constantinople (843) - Wikipedia

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    In 829, Theophilos became the sole emperor and began an intensification of iconoclasm with an edict in 832 forbidding the veneration of icons. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] After the death of Theophilos in January of 842, the empire was inherited by the infant Michael III and managed by his mother Theodora until 856.

  5. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy - Wikipedia

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    The usage of the icon was important to the celebration that occurs on the first Sunday of Lent as its main role is to celebrate the end of the iconoclasm in 843. [3] It also served the role of quelling the Byzantine people’s insecurity about the downfall of the Byzantine Empire. [2]

  6. East–West Schism - Wikipedia

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    Wishing to end the Great Schism that divided Rome and Constantinople, Gregory X had sent an embassy to Michael VIII, who had reconquered Constantinople, putting an end to the remnants of the Latin Empire in the East, and he asked Latin despots in the East to curb their ambitions.

  7. 31. "So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” — E.A. Bucchianeri. 32. "I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

  8. Timeline of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    751: Lombards abolish the Exarchate of Ravenna effectively ending last vestiges of Byzantine rule in central Italy and Rome. 756: Popes granted independent rule of Rome by King Pepin the Short of the Franks, in the Donation of Pepin. Birth of the Papal States. 787: Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea resolved Iconoclasm.

  9. Beeldenstorm - Wikipedia

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    Print of the destruction in the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by Frans Hogenberg [1]. Beeldenstorm (pronounced [ˈbeːldə(n)ˌstɔr(ə)m]) in Dutch and Bildersturm [ˈbɪldɐˌʃtʊʁm] in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious ...