Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 9 of 12 Introduaion of Images into the Chrillian Church Their Worlhip The Image of Edefl'a Ite Capiee Oppofition to Image Worlhip 126 - 840. Leo the Iconoclaft, and his Succcfl'ora 754. Their Synod at Confiantinoplc Their Creed 726 - 7 7 5 Their Perfecution of the Images and Monks State of Italy 727 Epiltlen of Gregory II. To the Emperor 728 Revolt of Italy Republic of Rome 730 - 752. Rome attacked by the Lornbarde 7 54 Her Deliverance by Pepin 774 Conqnell of Lombardy by Charlemagne 751. 768. Pepin and Charlemagne, Kluge of France Patricians of Rome Donations of Pepin and Charlemagne to the Popes Forgery of the Donation of Conltantine 780 Reitoration of Images in the Ball. By the Emprefs Irene 787 VII General Council. 11' of Nice 84: Final Eltablilhment of Images by the Emprel'e Theodora 794 Reln tanee of the Franks and of Charlemagne 774 -800. Final Separation of the Popes from the Eafiern Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.