To: blam
It is a never ending source of amazement to me how ignorant people are about religious art, especially Christians about Christian art but I gotta tell ya. I have never heard nor seen the image described. Does anybody gotta pic?
To: Mark in the Old South
To: Mark in the Old South
Christian art Looks the design was put into Christian form, but it wasn't Christian until it reached Europe.
18 posted on
07/03/2004 3:05:40 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: Mark in the Old South
34 posted on
07/03/2004 9:57:01 PM PDT by
dixie sass
( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)
To: Mark in the Old South
It is a never ending source of amazement to me how ignorant people are about religious art,
especially Christians about Christian art but I gotta tell ya.
It's partly explained by the tension between various branches of Christianity:
some hold religious paintngs such as icons as sacred (e.g., Russian Orthodox) while other
branches are 180 degrees the other direction (e.g., some Protestant branches). >br> >br>This is covered lightly in the documentary about the depictions of Christ through
the centuries "The Face" that appears sometimes on PBS, often during Easter.
Mel Gibson was one of the narrators; I think I've seen copies for sale on amazon.com.
36 posted on
07/03/2004 10:17:29 PM PDT by
VOA
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