...a treatise, in which he affirmed, that in these images there resided an inherent sanctity, and that the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by these images, but should be extended to the images themselves. The emperor assembled a council at Constantinople, which...

...certain kind of inherent sanctity, that was a proper object of religious worship ; and that, therefore, the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined...seditions among the people, to suppress which the emperors assembled a council at Constantinople, in which the question was terminated by the following...

...certain kind of inherent sanctity, that it was a proper object of religious worship ; and that therefore, the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by these images, but should extend also to the images, themselves." Though he was opposed at first, the common practice...

...affirmed that in the images of Jesus Christ and of the saints there resided an inherent sanctity, and that the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by these images, but should extend to the images themselves. The emperor assembled a council at Constantinople, which determined...

...there resided a kind of inherent sanctity which was a proper object of religion* worship ; and that the adoration -of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by the images, but they too were entitled to adoration. This treatise excited new controversies and new...

...a treatise, in which he affirmed that in these images there resided an inherent sanctity, and that the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by these images, but extend to the images themselves. The emperor assembled a council at Constantinople, which determined...