To: kosta50
I realize that in Byzantine art there is a little problem with depth perception, but that statue of a man praying is at least 5 feet in front of the other statues and is facing East to their North. He isn't praying to statues. He is praying.
To: Blogger
Here is a closer pic from a different angle. There are two statues flanking the centerpiece. Neither are facing the centerpiece but are facing due-South (one east bound one west bound). The centerpiece is clearly north.
To: Blogger; kosta50
But why have statues at all? Aren't these idols?
If statues in a Catholic or Orthodox church are idols, then they are also idols in a Protestant church -- YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
5,071 posted on
01/11/2007 8:24:33 AM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Blogger
I said "it seems," always cognisent of "Byzantine depth perception."
5,087 posted on
01/11/2007 9:33:52 AM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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