ICONODULE

An 'iconodule' (Greek ''eikono-doulos'' "One who serves images"; also 'Iconodulist' or 'Iconophile') is someone who espouses 'iconodulism', i.e. who supports or is in favor of religious images or icons and their veneration, and is in opposition to an Iconoclast (someone against Iconography). The term is usually used in relation to the Iconoclasm controversy in Byzantine times; the most famous Iconodules of that time being Theodore the Studite and John of Damascus.

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★ Iconography

★ Idolatry