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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUM

Internet Activities: Iconoclasm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/johndam-icons.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/nicea2-dec.html



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Read the first text from John of Damscus. On what basis does he defend the use of icons? What does the second excerpt, the "Decree of the Second Council of Nicea," have to say about the issue? What theological concerns were at stake in this conflict?








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