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14. In this paragraph, the element of Nestorianism (or modern Unitarianism) in Iconoclasm is more clearly seen. Iconoclasm betrayed the Incarnation by allowing no place to what, and forgetting about what? Iconoclasm betrayed the Incarnation in that it allowed no place for Christ's humanity or His Body. The heresy also overlooked the fact that man is to be saved and transfigured in both soul and body. St. John of Damascus addressed the issue of matter, which was so much of a problem for the Iconoclasts, in his explanation that:
Of old, God the incorporeal and uncircumscribed was not depicted at all. But now that God has appeared in the flesh and lived among men, I make an image of the God Who can be seen. I do not worship matter, but I worship the Creator of matter, Who for my sake became material and deigned to dwell in matter, Who through matter affected my salvation. I do not cease from worshiping the matter through which my salvation has been affected.
Orthodox believe that salvation is definitely connected to matter, for salvation is realized in the hypostatic union of God and human flesh.
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