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| - Most denominations of Christianity have not generally practiced aniconism, or the avoidance or prohibition of types of images, even dating back to early Christian art and architecture. Those in the faith have generally had an active tradition of making artwork and Christian media depicting God, religious figures, and other aspects of theology. There have however been periods of aniconism in Christian history, notably during the controversy of the Byzantine iconoclasm of the eighth century, and following the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, when Calvinism in particular rejected all images in churches, and this practice continues today in some Reformed (Calvinist) churches, as well as some forms of fundamentalist Christianity. The Catholic Church has always defended the use of sac (en)
- Agama Kristen pada umumnya tidak mengamalkan anikonisme, yakni tindakan menampik atau mengharamkan pembuatan dan pemanfaatan citra-citra dalam berbagai macam bentuknya. Agama Kristen justru memiliki tradisi pembuatan dan penghormatan citra-citra Allah dan tokoh-tokoh Kristen. Meskipun demikian, anikonisme pernah mewarnai perjalanan sejarah agama Kristen, terutama ketika Ikonoklasme Romawi Timur merebak pada abad ke-8, dan gerakan Reformasi Protestan berkobar pada abad ke-16, manakala umat Protestan, khususnya golongan Kalvinis, mengharamkan pemanfaatan segala macam citra di dalam gereja-gereja. Pengharaman citra ini sampai sekarang masih dipegang teguh gereja-gereja Kalvinis dan sejumlah gereja Fundamentalis. Gereja Katolik senantiasa mempertahankan pemanfaatan citra-citra suci di dalam ge (in)
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