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To: ItsOurTimeNow
Who ever said Catholics sole focus is on "images/statues/stained-glass?"

Here's one of the earliest defense of holy images.

Apologia of St. John Damascene Against Those Who Decry Holy Images

6 posted on 01/03/2008 7:56:01 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
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To: Pyro7480

Who ever said I said anything about Catholics?

I’ve seen “images” of Christ in Protestant churches as well. Many thousands of evangelicals flocked to see “The Passion”.

(’Holy Images’ is a misnomer - an inanimate object cannot be holy. Holiness is a status of the soul, for sentient beings)


7 posted on 01/03/2008 7:59:18 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Never get involved in a land war in Asia.")
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To: Pyro7480
Who ever said Catholics sole focus is on "images/statues/stained-glass?"

You are being overly defensive. Lots of protestant churches are plastered with pictures of Jesus.

On the other end of the scale, most RC churches can't hold a candle to the EO for iconography.

18 posted on 01/03/2008 10:34:00 AM PST by PAR35
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