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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.


5,068 posted on 01/11/2007 8:15:23 AM PST by Blogger
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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.
5,069 posted on 01/11/2007 8:21:52 AM PST by Blogger
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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)
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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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