In contrast, Iconodules, so called ‘image servants’ argued that they were merely aids in worship and never objects in worship. Emperor Leo II initiated the Iconoclast movement. Perhaps Emperor Leo II was influenced by a major Muslim critique of Christianity, or perhaps he was politically and financial motivated to establish control of the church and weaken monasteries growing power, whom facilitated the majority of icon production. The conflict was ultimately resolved in the Iconodules’ favor at the end of the eighth century. However, many of the artworks in the Byzantium were ultimately destroyed. Consequently, Christian artworks created in the six centuries immediately following Jesus’ death are rare. Furthermore, there was a widening of the religious and politically differences in the Latin west and the Greek east because iconoclasm had questioned the cult of the saints and therefore the claims of
In contrast, Iconodules, so called ‘image servants’ argued that they were merely aids in worship and never objects in worship. Emperor Leo II initiated the Iconoclast movement. Perhaps Emperor Leo II was influenced by a major Muslim critique of Christianity, or perhaps he was politically and financial motivated to establish control of the church and weaken monasteries growing power, whom facilitated the majority of icon production. The conflict was ultimately resolved in the Iconodules’ favor at the end of the eighth century. However, many of the artworks in the Byzantium were ultimately destroyed. Consequently, Christian artworks created in the six centuries immediately following Jesus’ death are rare. Furthermore, there was a widening of the religious and politically differences in the Latin west and the Greek east because iconoclasm had questioned the cult of the saints and therefore the claims of