The iconoclastCouncil of Hieria was a Christian council which viewed itself as ecumenical, but was later rejected by the (still united) Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. It was summoned by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V in 754 in the palace of Hieria opposite Constantinople. The council supported the iconoclast position of the emperors of this period. This article belongs in one or more categories. ... This article is becoming very long. ... See also General Council (disambiguation). ... The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian organization in the world (or third if one sees Protestantism as a single entity). ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins and sees itself as the same Church founded by Jesus of Nazareth and maintained through Apostolic Succession from the Twelve... Motto: ΒασιλεÏÏ‚ ΒασιλÎων ΒασιλεÏων Βασιλευόντων (Greek: King of Kings Ruling Over Rulers)[] Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Constantine V Copronymus (The Dung-named) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. ... Events Pope Stephen III crowns Pepin the short King of the Franks at St. ... Hieria was the name of an Eastern Orthodox saint Hieria of Mesopotamia (320) a palace opposite Constantinople, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus between Chrysopolis and Chalcedon, the location of the Council of Hieria (754) Category: ... Map of Constantinople. ... Illustration of the Beeldenstorm during the Dutch reformation Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. ...
388 bishops attended. No patriarchs or representatives of the five patriarchs were present: Constantinople was vacant while Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria were controlled by Saracens.
It styled itself as the Seventh Ecumenical Council, though its opponents described it as the Mock Synod of Constantiople or the Headless Council. Its rulings were overturned almost entirely by the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, which supported the veneration of icons. The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of Christianity; it met in 787 AD in Nicaea (site of the First Council of Nicaea) to restore the honoring of icons (or, holy images), which had been suppressed by imperial edict inside the Byzantine Empire during the reign of... This article is about the year 787. ... An iconodule (Greek eikono-doulos One who serves images; also Iconodulist or Iconophile) is someone who espouses iconodulism, i. ...
He was captured and beheaded with his accomplices in November 742, and in February 754 Constantine held in the palace of Hieria a council of 388 bishops, mostly of the East; the patriarchs of Rome, Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem refused to attend.
Theodore refused to attend or recognize the new council, and was banished first to Bithynia and thence to Smyrna, whence he continued to address his appeals to the pope, to the eastern patriarchs and to his dispersed monks.
A fresh council was now held which re-enacted the decrees of 787, and on the 20th of February 842 the new patriarch, the empress, clergy and court dignitaries assisted in the church of St Sophia at a solemn restoration of images which lasted until the advent of the Turks.
In summarizing this council there was added to the Nicean formula the clarification and definition of the Latin word (substantia) versus the Greek word(hypostasis) and defining with more clarity that the son was a separate person from the father though they were of the same substance.
News of this canon was sent to the pope by some of his representatives at the council and after hearing this the pope sent a letter to the council by one of his legates declaring this canon null and void because it was contrary to the decree given at the council of Nicea.
This council was called to settle the controversy between the church of Constantinople and the Roman catholic church over the use of graven images, holy pictures, and relics for use in worship.
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