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The Iconoclastic Controversy: A Clash of Cultures
Contributed by: Bartlett
  • 1. What was the main issue of the Iconoclastic Controversy?
A) Use of religious icons in worship
B) The authority of the Pope
C) The sale of indulgences
D) The doctrine of transubstantiation
  • 2. Which Byzantine Emperor initiated the first period of iconoclasm?
A) Leo III
B) Constantine VII
C) Justinian I
D) Theodosius II
  • 3. What was the term used for the destruction of icons?
A) Idolatry
B) Iconoclasm
C) Iconophilism
D) Sacrilege
  • 4. In what year did the Seventh Ecumenical Council take place?
A) 869
B) 325
C) 787
D) 451
  • 5. The destruction of icons often occurred in what type of locations?
A) Military barracks
B) Public squares
C) Palaces
D) Churches
  • 6. The Iconoclastic Controversy primarily took place in which empire?
A) Byzantine Empire
B) Holy Roman Empire
C) Roman Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
  • 7. Which artistic movement was heavily influenced by the restoration of icons?
A) Byzantine art
B) Gothic art
C) Renaissance art
D) Baroque art
  • 8. Which theological teaching was often cited by iconophiles to defend icons?
A) The incarnation of Christ
B) The second coming
C) The Trinity
D) The resurrection
  • 9. The Iconoclastic Controversy contributed to a schism between which two groups?
A) Sunni and Shia Islam
B) Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches
C) Protestants and Catholics
D) Judaism and Christianity
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