The battle of Iconoclasm was centered on the Incarnation, and whether it could be depicted artistically. The argument was a real one, which would re-emerge during the Reformation, when images, statues and churches would be destroyed in an attempt to destroy the memory of the Catholic Church’s doctrine and saints.
But before the Incarnation, there was “condemnation of memory” under the ancient Egyptians and Romans. The “condemnation of memory,” like iconoclasm, was centered on destruction. Just as Iconoclasts destroyed to control how people thought, “condemnation of memory” was destruction in the cause of revisionist history.
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