"Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images (εἰκόνος) resembling mortal man."
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Romans 1:22-23
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Byzantine Iconoclasm
refers to two periods in the history of the when the use of religious images or was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the and the temporal imperial hierarchy.
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