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| system in which the temporal ruler extends his own powers to ecclesiastical and theological matters |
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| compiled under Emperor Justinian I, the codex was the collestion and systemization of all Roman law as it had developed from his predecessors put together for the purpose of legal uniformity throughout the empire. |
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| A local (non-ecumenical) council convened by Constantine V to condemn the use of icons |
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| Two types of adoration whose distinction was drawn at the seventh Council of Nicaea. An icon may be venerated through acts of respect an hour, but God alone is worth of absolute adoration |
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| Latin meaning "and the Son," , this was first added at the Third Council of Toledo to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed to clarify that the Holy Spirit proceeded from both the Father and the Son. |
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| The final split between the eastern and western Churches in the year 1054 |
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| Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. |
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| A flat, two-dimensional picture of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or one of the saints which is used as an aid for Christian acts of piety. |
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| Thoughts or deeds of an iconoclast. Refers to periods in history when a large number of iconoclasts were present. |
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| From the Greek word eikonoklastes, meaning "image breaker", iconoclasts saw icons as occasions of idolatry and sought to destroy them and purify the practice of the Christian religion |
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| Greek for "lover of icons", this term refers to those who defend and promote the proper use of icons in Christian worship |
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| heresy claiming that there is only one nature in Christ and that His human nature is "incorporated" into the Divine Nature |
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| lands around Rome, Italy, won by Pepin on behalf and given to the papacy, making the pope a sovereign as well as spiritual leader. |
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