From the Greek for "image breaking", it was opposition to the use of Christian religious images in churches
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Islam, in general, tends to be more iconoclastic than Christianity, with Sunni Islam 
being ... 312 AD), scattered expressions of opposition to the use of images were... [DOC] [TLE] Ap Byzantine Empire[1] - SlideShare [PAR] Jan 20, 2009 ... ... the Christian Church The Schism of Christianity Into two churches - The ... 
Iconoclasm is a Greek word meaning image breaking, opposition to Icons and .... 
meaning image breaking, opposition to the religious use of images.