aniconic

/an-ahy-kon-ik/US // ˌæn aɪˈkɒn ɪk //UK // (ˌænaɪˈkɒnɪk) //

肛门,肛门癌,蚁人,蚁族

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.: an aniconic religion.
- : not forming an image.
- : of or relating to aniconism.

This is not necessarily the case with the worshipper of aniconic or unshaped gods.
Here then in the most marked manner the aniconic sacrament has ousted pictures and statues.
The question arises: must the stage of aniconic gods historically precede and lead up to that of pictures and images?