Why did the Byzantine emperor Leo III inaugurate a program of iconoclasm?
A) He believed that too much of the church's resources were being spent on art.
B) He argued that God,in the Ten Commandments,had prohibited images.
C) He objected to images of Jesus and Mary being used on coins.
D) He claimed that churchgoers were being distracted from worship by the art.
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