[D-fendr]

Excellent.

If you understand then even a small portion about Beauty, maybe this is a way to begin a small understanding of what RCs feel about the beautiful objects in our Church and faith. (I'm speaking of art; the EO can speak authoratively about Iconography.)

In creating Beauty we are cooperating with God, it is God's Beauty through us - we are instruments of Divine Will, and the Infinite communicating, touching us, through His Beauty - through nature or through the visual arts.

We should not deny or shut down our senses, rather open them up, purify them and use them to know and grow closer in union with the divine.

Thanks for your reply.

[Quix]

I have no quarrel with beauty pointing us to God. The Heavens do quite well at that.

I toured the Vatican somewhat extensively in the days I was there. I have some respect for beauty as a testimony to God the Author of Beauty.

And, having written the remaining colorful post above about objects, I probably have little or nothing else left of value to say about that.

Thanks for your kind posts.