The Medieval Church · c. 818–820
Refutation and Overthrow of the Iconoclast Definition
Nicephorus of Constantinople · c. 758–828
What it is
A line-by-line demolition of the iconoclast council of 815, dense with Aristotelian argument about relation, likeness, and circumscription.
Why it lasted
Together with Theodore's work, the intellectual case that finally settled the image question in the East.
Where to read it
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