Which answer choice accurately describes the main cause of the iconoclast controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries?
a. iconoclasts believed only the pope had authority to lead the christian church.
b. iconoclasts believed in worshipping religious objects.
c. iconoclasts believed it was blasphemy to worship religious objects.
d. iconoclasts believed that no single person should lead the christian church.

the us hoped to prevent any nations from leaning towards soviet union-based communism. the containment policy was established in hopes of keeping communism from spreading to new places.

when people started to question traditional christian beliefs, they became criminals in the eyes of the church: they were accused of heresy and then, executed. the church held unbelievable power and anyone who tried to defy it or its beliefs, was demonized and persecuted.

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