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iconodule

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I`con´o`dule
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; - opposed to an iconoclast.
iconodule, iconodulist
a person who worships images.
See also: Images
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Similarly, divisions that once rent the orthodox world were between iconodules and iconoclasts (respectively, the friends and enemies of imagery and art), and were directly inspired by the military successes of Islamic forces at Byzantium's gates.
The dangers of not smoking: as with other strains of puritanism ... by Warren, David / Western Standard
The abuse heaped on him by Porphyry's Against the Christians implies success, while a passage prefiguring iconoclastic sentiment upset iconodules *.
Origen by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
The iconoclasts, often misunderstanding the arguments of the iconodules, led their reaction with heavy emphasis on the uniqueness of God's self-revelation in Christ -- a proposition which was ineffective as a piece of offensive dialectic because it was a premise from which the iconodules had begun.
THE VENERATION OF ICONS by Foster, Charles / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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