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The '''Council of Hieria''', also known as the [[Iconoclast Council]], took place in [[754]] AD during the reign of [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Constantine V]].

[[Constantine V]] convened a synod, at his palace in Hieria, which lay opposite to [[Constantinople]] on the Asiatic side of the [[Bosphorus]], between [[Chrysoupolis]] and [[Chalcedon]], a little to the north of the latter. The number of those present was 338 [[bishop]]s and the place of president was occupied by [[Archbishop]] Theodosius of [[Ephesus]] as there was a vacancy in the Patriarchal throne of [[Constantinople]]. The Patriarchates of Rome, [[Alexandria]], Antioch, and Jerusalem were not represented (the last three were then in the hands of the Arabs).

The transactions began on [[February 10]]th, and lasted until [[August 8]]th in Hieria. On the latter date, however, the synod assembled in St. Mary's Church in Blachernae, the northern suburb of [[Constantinople]], and the Emperor nominated [[Bishop]] Constantine of Sylaeum, a monk, as patriarch of Constantinople. On [[August 27]]th, the decree of the Synod was published.

The synod - which proclaimed itself as the "Seventh Ecumenical Council" - affirmed the decisions of the previous Councils and condemned icon worship:

"Supported by the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers, we declare unanimously, in the name of the Holy Trinity, that there shall be rejected and removed and cursed one of the Christian Church every likeness which is made out of any material and colour whatever by the evil art of painters".

In [[787]] the empress [[Irene the Athenean]] - an [[iconodule]] - summoned another Council in [[Nicaea]], which is known as [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]], and reinstated the veneration of icons in the church.

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 The transactions began on [[February 10]]th, and lasted until [[August 8]]th in Hieria. On the latter date, however, the synod assembled in St. Mary's Church in Blachernae, the northern suburb of [[Constantinople]], and the Emperor nominated [[Bishop]] [[Constantine II of Constantinople|Constantine of Sylaeum]], a monk, as patriarch of Constantinople. On [[August 27]]th, the decree of the Synod was published.
-The synod - which proclaimed itself as the "Seventh Ecumenical Council" - affirmed the decisions of the previous Councils, condemned the teachings of Patriarch Germanus I and John the Damascene and condemned icon worship:
+The synod - which proclaimed itself as the "Seventh Ecumenical Council" - affirmed the decisions of the previous Councils, condemned the teachings of [[Germanus I of Constantinople|Patriarch Germanus I]] and John the Damascene and condemned icon worship:
 "Supported by the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers, we declare unanimously, in the name of the Holy Trinity, that there shall be rejected and removed and cursed one of the Christian Church every likeness which is made out of any material and colour whatever by the evil art of painters".

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 [[Constantine V]] convened a synod, at his palace in Hieria, which lay opposite to [[Constantinople]] on the Asiatic side of the [[Bosphorus]], between [[Chrysoupolis]] and [[Chalcedon]], a little to the north of the latter. The number of those present was 338 [[bishop]]s and the place of president was occupied by [[Archbishop]] Theodosius of [[Ephesus]] as there was a vacancy in the Patriarchal throne of [[Constantinople]]. The Patriarchates of Rome, [[Alexandria]], Antioch, and Jerusalem were not represented (the last three were then in the hands of the Arabs).
-The transactions began on [[February 10]]th, and lasted until [[August 8]]th in Hieria. On the latter date, however, the synod assembled in St. Mary's Church in Blachernae, the northern suburb of [[Constantinople]], and the Emperor nominated [[Bishop]] Constantine of Sylaeum, a monk, as patriarch of Constantinople. On [[August 27]]th, the decree of the Synod was published.
+The transactions began on [[February 10]]th, and lasted until [[August 8]]th in Hieria. On the latter date, however, the synod assembled in St. Mary's Church in Blachernae, the northern suburb of [[Constantinople]], and the Emperor nominated [[Bishop]] [[Constantine II of Constantinople|Constantine of Sylaeum]], a monk, as patriarch of Constantinople. On [[August 27]]th, the decree of the Synod was published.
-The synod - which proclaimed itself as the "Seventh Ecumenical Council" - affirmed the decisions of the previous Councils, condemned John the Damascene and condemned icon worship:
+The synod - which proclaimed itself as the "Seventh Ecumenical Council" - affirmed the decisions of the previous Councils, condemned the teachings of Patriarch Germanus I and John the Damascene and condemned icon worship:
 "Supported by the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers, we declare unanimously, in the name of the Holy Trinity, that there shall be rejected and removed and cursed one of the Christian Church every likeness which is made out of any material and colour whatever by the evil art of painters".