In AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the veneration of icons, which is a matter of expressing honor, and idolatry, which is offering worship to something other than God.
- ISBN10 0881412457
- ISBN13 9780881412451
- Publish Date 1 April 2003
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 163
- Language English