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730| 730 | Byzantine Empire [Christianity] | Byzantine emperor Leo III's iconoclasm arouses much opposition in the Empire and a rival emperor is proclaimed in Greece but he and his fleet are defeated while attempting to capture the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. Of more lasting consequence, it also arouses great hostility in the Latin West where religious images have great importance as teaching aids in missionary activity, thus beginning the gradual alienation of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Pope Gregory II refuses to implement the decree. The monk John of Damascus attacks the Iconoclasts in a series of pamphlets. He remains safe from persecution by Leo III because he resides in Muslim territory. |
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