On the Holy Icons
Contributors: Catharine P. Roth (Translator)
Publisher: St. Vladimirs Seminary Press
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9780913836767
Subjects: Christianity; Early works to 1800; Worship; Religion - Socialissues; Religion; Icons; Christianity - General; Christian Life - General; Cult
First sentence: To many modern Christians the question of icon veneration may seem a marginal issue in theology. To St Theodore the Studite, writing in the midst of the iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries, it was clear that iconoclasm is a serious error, which alienates its followers from God as much as any other heresy. In our own day, when the material world so often is regarded as mere matter, incapable of being transfigured in Christ, St Theodore's message remains remarkably pertinent.
Description: To many modern Christians the question of icon veneration may seem a marginal issue in theology. To St Theodore the Studite, writing in the midst of the iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries, it was clear that iconoclasm is a serious error, which alienates its followers from God as much as any other heresy. In our own day, when the material world so often is regarded as mere matter, incapable of being transfigured in Christ, St Theodore's message remains remarkably pertinent.