Why Was The Iconoclastic Controversy So Important?
Why Was The Iconoclastic Controversy So Important? The Iconoclasts (those who rejected images) objected to icon veneration for several reasons, including the Old Testament prohibition against images in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:4) and the possibility of idolatry. What is iconoclasm and why is it significant? Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, ‘figure, icon’ + κλάω,