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The Day That Changed the History of Christianity: 787 Second Council of Nicaea
August 4, 20261 min readIznik Expedition Team
The historical turning point that gathered in the Hagia Sophia Church and ended the iconoclasm crisis.
The first big stage of the re-inflamed icon discussion in different periods in the Byzantine world closed with the decisions that reconcile the conciline depicts collected in Iznik at 787. The discussion was coming back in the 9th century.
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Releasing Art
With the decision of the council, it was accepted that religious figures were not objects of worship but symbols of reverence and remembrance, and Christian art gained great momentum.
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