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The dispute over icons between [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] that led to the [[Great Schism|schism]].
== The Iconoclastic Controversy ==
In either the year 726 or 730, Emperor Leo III banned all images of Christ that showed him in human form. This was due to a belief that veneration of images amounted to idolatry. Beyond this lay the problem of whether God is representable. The Iconoclasts argued that any image depicting God in human form either omits His divine nature or confuses it with His human nature.
The Seventh Ecumenical Council (787) defended image veneration and in so doing clarified the principles behind it. To venerate an image is to venerate not its substance but the shared likeness. An icon of Christ affirms the reality of the human and the divine and enables contemplation on the person who is the model for theosis.
== References ==
[http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]
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