Answer:
It created a divide within the imperial court.
Explanation:
Leo III prohibited the veneration of images that represented Christ and the saints in 726. He did so for reasons of religious and political order.
This prohibition of a custom, which had undoubtedly resulted in all kinds of abuse, seems to have been inspired by a genuine desire to improve public morals, and gained the support of the official aristocracy and a sector of the clergy. But a great majority of theologians and almost all monks opposed these measures with firm hostility, and in the western part of the Empire the people refused to obey the edict
Susan B. Anthony
Alice Paul
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stone
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