Council Of Nicaea

The second council of nicaea was convened by empress irene on september 24, 787 and took place in the hagia sophia in nicaea. the purpose of this council was to discuss a practice that was already condemned by the council of hieria 33 years ago. the practice discussed was the use of icons. the conflict started with Emperor Leo III when he actively made movements against this practice. part of his campaign against this practice was at the council of hieria which was during leo's reign. Then the campaign continued with Constantine V, his son. THis discussion of iconoclasm continued after Constantine V and his son died because Irene was the only one who took the throne. Irene called for another council to discuss whether they should use icons
or not. There were many different sessions of this council, and it lasted about a month. Iconoclasm, the banning of icons, was declared a heresy. The result of this council did not remove the practice of the use of icons, and did result in the split of the Church.