The correct answer is:
C. The eastern orthodox church became bitterly divided.
Explanation:
Iconoclasm refers to the belief that there should not be religious or sacred images, pictures or monuments because they are mistaken into idolatry. Iconoclasm is usually a dispute between two groups in the same religion.
Emperor Leo II and later Emperor Leo V, both opposed to portraits of Christ and Saints, this created controversy between supporters of iconoclasm and those who opposed, dividing the Eastern Orthodox Church.
<span>At the beginning of World War I, Russia’s armies performed poorly. In response, Nicholas II appointed himself commander-in-chief, so he could take direct control of the military from Grand Duke Nicholas, against the advice of his ministers. Nicholas II spent much of late 1915 through August 1917 away from Tsarskoe Selo in Saint Petersburg.</span>
