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Iconoclasm (from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn) 'figure, icon' and κλάω (kláō) 'to break') is the belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, often for religious or political reasons. Those who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be applied figuratively and more broadly to…
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| Tertullian | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Clement of Alexandria | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Origen | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Lactantius | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Justin Martyr | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Eusebius | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Epiphanius.Byzantine eraThe period after the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian | instance of | iconoclastic tendencies were supported by theologians | 0.80 | text |
| Hugh Latimer | instance of | and was urged on by reformers | 0.80 | text |
| Thomas Cranmer | instance of | and was urged on by reformers | 0.80 | text |
| limited official action was taken against religious images in churches in the late 1530s | instance of | and was urged on by reformers | 0.80 | text |
| martyrdoms | instance of | it encouraged the development of art with violent images | 0.80 | text |
| of pieces whose subject was the dangers of idolatry | instance of | it encouraged the development of art with violent images | 0.80 | text |
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