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{{Short description|Iconoclast synod held in Constantinople, 815}} |
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The Seventh Council of Constantinople was held in 815 in Byzantium. Theodotos presided over the synod of Constantinople in 815 which reinstituted Iconoclasm, although much of the Iconoclast effort was driven by other clerics, including the later Patriarchs Antony I and John VII. In the aftermath of this synod Theodotos is representing as torturing by starvation at more than one Iconodule abbot in an attempt to force them into agreement with his ecclesiastical policy. |
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[[File:Patriarch Theodotos Melissenos propagates Iconoclasm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Theodotus I of Constantinople|Patriarch Theodotos I]] presides over the council, miniature from the ''[[Madrid Skylitzes]]'']] |
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The '''Council of Constantinople of 815''' was held in the [[Byzantine]] capital, in the [[Hagia Sophia]], and initiated the second period of the [[Byzantine Iconoclasm]]. |
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== Background == |
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The [[Ecumenical Council of Nicaea]] or Second Council of Nicaea (787) allowed icon veneration. However, there were monks at the [[Studion Monastery]] in Constantinople who were iconoclasts (opposed to icons).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Revival of Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Religious Politics of Emperors in the Ninth Century |journal=International Journal of Orthodox Theology}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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Shortly before it convened, the [[iconophile]] Patriarch [[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Nikephoros I]] was deposed by Emperor [[Leo V the Armenian]] (813-820) in favour of the iconoclast [[Theodotos I of Constantinople|Theodotos I]] (patriarch from 815-821). Theodotos presided over the council, which reinstated iconoclasm, repudiating the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] and reaffirming the decisions of the [[Council of Hieria]] of 754. Although the meeting had been convened at the behest of the iconoclast Emperor, much of the Iconoclast effort was driven by other clerics, including the later patriarchs Antony I and John VII. In the aftermath of this synod Theodotos is represented as torturing by starvation more than one [[iconodule]] abbot in an attempt to force them into agreement with his ecclesiastical policy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium |date=1991 |publisher=Oxford Univ. Pr |isbn=978-0-19-504652-6 |editor-last=Každan |editor-first=Aleksandr P. |location=New York}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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The Council of Constantinople of 815 was held in the Byzantine capital, in the Hagia Sophia, and initiated the second period of the Byzantine Iconoclasm.
Background
[edit]The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea or Second Council of Nicaea (787) allowed icon veneration. However, there were monks at the Studion Monastery in Constantinople who were iconoclasts (opposed to icons).[1]
History
[edit]Shortly before it convened, the iconophile Patriarch Nikephoros I was deposed by Emperor Leo V the Armenian (813-820) in favour of the iconoclast Theodotos I (patriarch from 815-821). Theodotos presided over the council, which reinstated iconoclasm, repudiating the Second Council of Nicaea and reaffirming the decisions of the Council of Hieria of 754. Although the meeting had been convened at the behest of the iconoclast Emperor, much of the Iconoclast effort was driven by other clerics, including the later patriarchs Antony I and John VII. In the aftermath of this synod Theodotos is represented as torturing by starvation more than one iconodule abbot in an attempt to force them into agreement with his ecclesiastical policy.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Revival of Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Religious Politics of Emperors in the Ninth Century". International Journal of Orthodox Theology.
- ^ Každan, Aleksandr P., ed. (1991). The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. New York: Oxford Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.