HSTCMP 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Iconodule, Cherub, Epistle To The Colossians
5 Sep 2018
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Psalm 97:7 all worshippers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols . 2-neither the apostles nor the early church fathers supported images. *john 4:24: god is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth. *st. paul in acts 17:24- the god who made the world and everything in it, being lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man. 5-the iconophiles, like the nestorians, are separating jesus christ"s humanity from his divinity, or else they are blaspheming in trying to paint god. 6-the iconophiles are trying to circumscribe jesus by reducing him to a painting. 7-the authority of the emperor is paramount in religious questions. Iv-the iconophile arguments (support from monks and common people didn"t understand argument but loved icons) Saint john of damascus (syria) (c. 675 c. 749) the major defender of icons theologically.
