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== The Controversy ==
Disputes concerning the Person of Christ did not end with the [[Sixth Ecumneical Ecumenical Council|sixth Council]] in AD 681, but continued through the eighth and ninth centuries. This time, the controversy focused on icons—pictures of Christ, the Theotokos, the saints, and holy events—and lasted for 120 years, starting in AD 726. Icons were kept and venerated in both churches and private homes. The two groups in the controversy were:
; [[Iconoclast]]s : also called "icon-smashers," they were suspicious of any art depicting God or humans; they demanded the destruction of icons because they saw icons as idolatry.