This practice was condemned in the Libri Carolini, in what is often taken as a forewarning of the Great Schism.
This practice was condemned in the Libri Carolini, in what is often taken as a forewarning of the Great Schism. It was ended at the Second Council of Nicaea by Irene of Athens. This practice was started as a power grab by Leo the Isaurian. An outbreak of this practice in Netherlands was christened Beeldenstorm. This practice was carried out by mobs during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and again by the Puritans. After 1453, the Ottomans carried out this practice using (*) plaster in the Hagia Sophia. This practice follows from the Second Commandment's injunction against "graven images." For 10 points, name this practice of destroying religious images.
This practice was condemned in the Libri Carolini, in what is often taken as a forewarning of the Great Schism.
iconoclasm [accept word forms like iconoclasts] &lt;JR&gt;