HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Irene Of Athens, Reccared I, Filioque
10 Oct 2020
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God"s truth can be known only through the holy scriptures. But the very fact that images are not divine frees them from strictures on what they may or may not represent; human artistic expression, like human will, is entirely free. The dispute over icons was not the only doctrinal issue to come before the court: it even issued edicts about the nature of the holy trinity. From at least the fourth century, latin and greek christians had opposing ideas about the three-inone nature of god. The arian heresy was largely responsible for this; since the confrontation with arianism necessitated further refinements of the basic orthodox position established at the council of nicaea. The greeks had developed the position that the trinity is indeed a union of three inseparable persons but that these persons act, and interact, in a particular way.
