Rise of Iconoclasm and issues between church:

Iconoclasm controversies

The Iconoclasm controversies refer to the period of conflict in the Byzantine Empire during the 8th and 9th centuries, where debates centered around the veneration of icons, leading to the destruction of religious images and significant political and theological disputes within the church.

Constantine and iconoclasm vs the church

He condemned the veneration of icons, declaring it idolatrous.

Synod of 754

An assembly convened by Emperor Constantine V that endorsed iconoclasm, rejecting the veneration of images and affirming the belief that icons were a form of idolatry. This synod aimed to unify the church under a strict iconoclastic policy, leading to further division and conflict between iconoclasts and icons.

Leo the iii (father of constantine) and the church / iconclasm

in retaliation for papal opposition to

Iconoclasm, Emperor Leo III (r. 717–741)

confiscated papal properties in southern Italy,

Sicily, Illyria, and Greece around 732, placing

them under the Patriarch of Constantinople.