Depicting the Word
Subtitle: Byzantine iconophile thought of the eighth and ninth centuries
By: by Kenneth Parry.
Series: The medieval Mediterranean,
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: John, of Damascus, Saint.; Theodore, Studites, Saint, 759-826.; Nicephorus, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople.; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines -- History.; Icons -- Cult -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Iconoclasm.; Byzantine Empire -- Church history.
Description: This volume is a comparative study of the major iconophile writings of John of Damascus, Theodore the Studite and the Patriarch Nikesphoros. Contrary to expectations, this study shows that far from being reactionary in the thought, the iconophiles were in fact more radical in their theology than the iconoclasts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-211) and index.