Question

What was the Iconoclastic Controversy?

It was a defiance of the emperor’s orders.
It was a challenge to religious symbols.
It was a refusal to adopt new customs.
It was a denial of the citizens’ rights.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

B. It was a challenge to religious symbols.

Answer 2

It was a challenge to religious symbols. This happened in the Byzantine empire in the 8th and 9th centuries.The objective of the symbols serves several reasons, including the Old Testament prohibition against images in the Ten Commandments.Defenders of the images explains the value of the nature of images and on the dignity of created matter.