What major religious policy did Leo III support?
Freedom of Religion
Iconoclasm
Monothelitism
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Answer
Iconoclasm was a major religious policy supported by Leo III, the Byzantine emperor. It involved the destruction or removal of religious images and icons from churches and public spaces. The policy was motivated by the belief that the veneration of icons was idolatrous and distracted from the worship of God. Iconoclasm was a controversial policy that sparked significant religious and political conflicts within the Byzantine Empire.
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