Why was iconoclasm such an important issue for the byzantines

>>2799697
Islam

>>2799697
Because iconoclasts thought that icons were graven images. It was a matter of whether or not the use of icons was sinful. In the Latin Church, Egypt, Armenia, etc. this controversy never really happened and so they have much fewer rules governing use of icons than Byzantines.

>>2799697
>Theological reasons:
Because their religious texts forbid worshiping other deities / spirits / etc and certain iconographic practices can be considered to do this.

><contextual reasons:
-influence from Islam
-general political and economic uproar and decline in the empire from the 7th to 9th century caused upheaval, which spilled over in religious conflict

>>2799697
following the thread. i dont understand the question.

>>2799697
>Why was iconoclasm such an important issue for the byzantines
Cuz they were cucks

Religion is spooky.

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>>2800104
>-influence from Islam

I'd like to know more about that.

>>2799697
Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 5:8
>You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Christianity is the only Abrahamic religion that doesn't follow this commandment. Whenever there's a popular movement about returning to a purer Christianity, iconoclasm always follows.

>>2799697
Because Leo III wanted to get along with the Muslims who had also banned images.

>>2802066
Muslims didn't like images first.

>loses battles to Muslims who banned images
>"hey, maybe God is favouring Muslims because we keep worshipping these paintings and icons and he doesn't like that"

Then the Emperor decided to ban images.

It didn't actually worked.