Leo III's Support of Iconoclasm May Have Been Driven by a Desire

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Multiple Choice

Leo III's support of iconoclasm may have been driven by a desire to:

• A)make churches more beautiful.
• B)strengthen the emperor's control over the Church at the expense of monastic control.
• C)strengthen monastic control over the Church at the expense of the bureaucratic control.
• D)encourage artisans to produce books rather than images.
• E)encourage Orthodox Christians to follow some of the tenets of Islam.

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