Theological Backing to Iconoclasm
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• 2^nd Commandment – easy to see veneration of icons as contradicting 2^nd commandment – especially as we see icons taking more and more active roles – St. Andrew of Lemnos punishing a crazes monk by gauging his eyes out devil taking advantage of simplicity of the masses (Brown) – iconoclasm reaction against centrifugal of forces of iconodules – haemorrhage of the holy from great symbols of Cross, basilica and Eucharist
• Constantine of Nakoleia – iconoclasm bought into question all past Christian practice and confirmed Muslim tradition – was disturbing
• Why did ideological debate start at this time? – emergence Islamic caliphate 7^th and  8^th centuries exposed some theological weaknesses – Judaism and Islam develop aniconic cultures in competition to Christian culture, especially in Asia Minor – Dome of the Rock without figural art, coinage without figural art – Jews taunt Christians over icons pressures from other monotheistic religions necessitated theological debate – reformation Byzantine Christianity stimulated by threat of new rlegion
• Explicit Islamic opposition to Icons – 721 Yazid II edict against icons

Other Notes in this Category

1. Byzantine Ideology
2. Historiography
3. Iconclasm and the Ancient City
4. Iconoclasm and the Holy Man
5. Structural Changes in Iconoclasm
6. Theological Backing to Iconoclasm
7. Timeline
8. What is Iconoclasm?
9. Why Iconoclasm?

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