[crumudgeonous]

A ridiculous claim. There was a time when the vast majority of people were illiterate, and iconography was especially instructive for such people.

[Kolokotronis]

“There was a time when the vast majority of people were illiterate, and iconography was especially instructive for such people.”

They are still instructive. Just the other day I posted the icon of the Resurrection to demonstrate that the Evil One had indeed been bound by Christ in Hades.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“A ridiculous claim. There was a time when the vast majority of people were illiterate, and iconography was especially instructive for such people.”

May 2016 be the year literacy descends and wipes out the scourge of illiterateracy-based idolatry. We’ve waited since the dark ages. May light finally come this year.