A: It is the first commandment that makes reference to graven ... The seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (787) justified the veneration of icons of Christ, his mother and the angels and saints. The ...
The First Council of Constantinople was a gathering ... but the popularity of icons had increased by the late 700s AD. At ...
In the year in which the whole Church celebrates the 1700th anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea,' explain Jean Paul Hernandez sj and Giuliana Albano, director and co-director of Safat ...