Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1. The iconoclastic movement was motivated by a variety of factors that possibly included Muslim influences, as well as the concern of some that the cult of icons was a form of idolatry.

A. The icon of Christ is therefore a confession of faith in Christ's divinity and humanity.

B. The Council of Nicaea also specified that images should be venerated but not worshipped, since worship (yatria) belongs to God alone and the worship of icons would mean idolatry.

C. The ideas promoted by the defenders of images served as doctrinal bases for the later development of Eastern Christian art, particularly in the Byzantine Empire and in Russia.

D. The essential argument of the orthodox defenders of the images was that, since God became man in Jesus Christ, he also assumed all human characteristics including visibility.

6. Iconoclasm was also a feature of the Protestant reformation of the 16^th century, some Protestant groups still oppose the use of religious images.