So... not only did the pre-Constantinian Christians and Jews already have icons, –as the late-second to early-third century church and synagogue unearthed during the excavations at the Dura-Europos archeological site bear historical witness to this undisputable fact–, but the same also holds true for non-Constantinian and even anti-Constantinian Christian heretics... rather odd, isn't it?
Today, under the pretext of knowledge(gnosis - he is talking about Gnosticism) , heretics rise against the Church of Christ. They pile on their books of commentaries. They claim to interpret the gospel and apostolic texts. If we are silent and do not oppose them with true teaching, famished souls will be fed with their abominations. - Origen
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fourth Century Arian Icons
So... not only did the pre-Constantinian Christians and Jews already have icons, –as the late-second to early-third century church and synagogue unearthed during the excavations at the Dura-Europos archeological site bear historical witness to this undisputable fact–, but the same also holds true for non-Constantinian and even anti-Constantinian Christian heretics... rather odd, isn't it?
Fantastic post. I've raised this point in several discussions about iconography. I'd love to see more posts like this!
ReplyDeleteThey just found some 4th century icons in Rome yesturday! Great post Lucian!
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6th Century, actually. Arius was of the 4th Century (egypt), but Arianism lasted quite a long while.
ReplyDelete6th Century, actually. Arius was of the 4th Century in Egypt, but Arianism lasted much longer.
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