The importance of the iconoclasm debate and effect it had on early The iconoclasm debate wasn't very serious at first. However it eventually lead to many problems. It lead to many riots and separated grouops of people and effected the churches. The icons were soppossed to be used to help people to worship God and remind them of God. However some people used it for something other than it was intended to be used. The …showed first 75 words of 353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 353 total…many reasons for icons to not be used because icons would be used for other things that were against Christianity. There were also many deaths in the iconoclasm controversy because of wars between the east and west that were for the icons and against it. The iconoclasm debate lasted until one of the emperors in Byzantine let icons once again be used for the original purpose it was made for, to help someone worship God.