Theology Of The Image
Definition
Defended by John of Damascus in the Three Treatises on the Divine Images, described as the greatest works written in defense of icon veneration, giving ‘a correct and multifaceted resolution of the issue, based broadly on Scripture’.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Veneration Of Icons Divine Images
Biblical References
- Romans 13:13 — *Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. *
- Genesis 1:1-31 — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. …
- Psalms (36 psalms commented on by Chrysostom; also by Cyril and Theodoret) — For the music director, an oracle, written by the Lord’s servant David. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God, for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. The words he speaks are sinful…