- (εἰκονολάτρες). They are
normally known as "iconodules" (εἰκονόδουλοι), or "
iconophiles" (εἰκονόφιλοι).
These terms were, however, not a part of the Byzantine...
-
Iconodulism (also
iconoduly or iconodulia)
designates the
religious service to
icons (kissing and
honourable veneration, incense, and candlelight). The...
- iconolater; in a
Byzantine context, such a
person is
called an
iconodule or
iconophile.
Iconoclasm does not
generally encomp**** the
destruction of the images...
-
veneration of icons; it is
unclear how
aware he was that
Theodora was an
iconophile. The
couple had
seven children and
Theodora was a
loyal parti****nt in...
- Constantinople. The
Emperor showed himself increasingly critical of the
iconophiles, and in a
court council in 730 he
formally banned depictions of religious...
- over
Byzantine Iconoclasm,
Athens is
commonly held to have
supported the
iconophile position,
chiefly due to the role pla**** by
Empress Irene of
Athens in...
-
reasons in 768. Even
though her
husband was an iconoclast, she
harbored iconophile sympathies.
During her rule as regent, she
called the
Second Council of...
-
Thracesian Theme, and
instigated a
series of
repressive measures against iconophile practices,
particularly targeting the monasteries. A
talented general...
-
ascribing recent Umayyad defeats as
divine retribution for
their use.
Iconophiles eventually prevailed,
maintaining their essential use for veneration...
- a year the
regents had
begun to
carefully plan a
program of
restoring iconophile orthodoxy.
Stories of Theodora's
secret devotion to
images during Theophilos'...
