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For World History it means - Byzantines who opposed the use of icons in worship. 1. Literally, an iconoclast is someone who smashes images (often in places of worship). 2. In a broader sense, it is someone with no respect for authority or tradition. 1. a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration. 2. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition
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∙ 10y agoAn iconoclast is a person who attacks established beliefs. It comes from the idea of someone who destroys idols and religious symbols. Iconoclastic is behavior/activity/thought like that of an iconoclast.
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What is the iconoclast controversy?
The iconoclastic controversy was a religious debate which raged for most of the eighth century in the Byzantine Empire. The iconophiles favoured the use of icons--representations of Jesus and the saints--in worship. The iconoclasts opposed the use of icons and tended to have them destroyed. The debate was resoved in favour of the icons under the Empress Irene.
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Icons or images of saints. This led to the Iconoclastic Controversy and helped speed up the Schism.
