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Second Council of Nicaea (787)

Smashing icons or honoring them? The council that defended sacred images

Held in 787, this seventh ecumenical council responded to iconoclasm, the movement to destroy religious images. It restored the veneration of icons, teaching that honor paid to an image passes to the one it depicts, not the wood and paint themselves. Traditions differ in reception: the Catholic and Orthodox churches accept it, while the Reformed tradition rejects the veneration of images.

How it traveled

  1. The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice
    Nicaea · 787
    explains
  2. Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator
    Geneva · 1564
    challenges

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 754. — part 1↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 754. — part 3↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Examination of the Caroline Books. — Authorship of the Caroline Books.↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Examination of the Caroline Books. — The Chief Cause of Trouble a Logomachy.↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session II. — part 1↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session II. — part 2↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session III.↗applies

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session IV.↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council. — Canon II.↗applies

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council. — Canon IX.↗applies

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council. — Canon VII.↗applies

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Divine Sacra Sent by the Emperors Constantine and Irene to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Hadrian, Pope of Old Rome.↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress. — part 1↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session VI.↗explains

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Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator — CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD. — part 1↗challenges

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — Extracts from the Acts. Session I. — part 2↗explains

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress. — part 2↗explains

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Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator — CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD. — part 6↗challenges

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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice — The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council. — Canon XV.↗explains

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Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator — CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD. — part 5↗challenges

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