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  • Christians and Images: Early Christian Attitudes toward Images

    by Steven Bigham ...
    This book aims at combating the Hostility Theory which claims that the Christians in the pagan Roman Empire had no images and rejected them as idolatrous. Did the early Christians, during the first three centuries, 33–313, have images in their churches or places of worship and homes? If they did not, was that because they thought that all images were idols or close to being idols? Did they think ... Read more

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  • Epiphanius of Salamis, Doctor of Iconoclasm? Deconstruction of a Myth

    by Steven Bigham ...
    St. Epiphanius of Salamis lived in Cyprus during the 4th century. He is a Father of the Church known for his determined fight against heresy. And yet, five texts denouncing any use of images have been attributed to him. On the basis of these documents, he has been given, by some, the title of forerunner of the 8th-century Iconoclasm. He is supposed to have thought that any form of image veneration ... Read more

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  • Heroes of the Icon

    by Steven Bigham ...
    Heroes of the Icon is a book about people, events and ideas related to the phenomenon called the Orthodox icon. 1) The first of the chapters deals with the three decisive points in history which form the foundation on which the icon stands. It concerns not only the moments in history but also the people involved who helped define what an icon is. The initial moment presents Moses and the people of ... Read more

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  • The Image of God the Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography and Other Studies

    by Steven Bigham ...
    This book presents a series of essays for edification, discussion, comment and even disagreement. The exposition on the theme of God the Father in iconography returns to the roots of Orthodox iconography from which practitioners have strayed so completely, especially in recent centuries. Today, there is a tremendous interest in authentic iconography engendered, among other things, by greater ... Read more

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  • Romanesque Art and Icons + Other Iconographic Studies

    by Steven Bigham ...
    This book is a collection of studies on the general theme of Orthodox icons. 1) As the title of the book indicates, the first article deals with the similarity between religious images of the Romanesque period (900-1200) in Western Europe and Orthodox icons. As the difference between icons and later Western religious images—Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque etc.—is felt first on the intuitive and then ... Read more

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  • Death in Orthodox Iconography

    by Steven Bigham ...
    In contrast to Renaissance religious paintings, for example, traditional, canonical icons show people and events in a Light different from the natural light of this world. In order to make such a distinction clear, this PowerPoint presentation, transformed into an ebook, first of all, defines Orthodox Christian iconography as a theological art which manifests the vision of salvation as seen by ... Read more

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  • L'icône dans la tradition orthodoxe

    by Steven Bigham ...
    Pour apprécier l'icône orthodoxe, il faut comprendre plusieurs éléments à la fois : l'histoire, la théologie, l'objet d'art, les artistes. D'abord, l'histoire : l'iconographie s'est développée à travers de longs siècles, atteignant de nobles cimes, puis des abîmes de décadence. Ensuite, la théologie : les icônes proposent une vision du salut de l'homme et de la transfiguration de la création. ... Read more

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  • Death in Orthodox Iconography

    A Paschal Vision

    by Steven Bigham ...
    It is the purpose of icons to represent people or events, not in natural light, but in the light of the Kingdom of God. Therefore, even the dead are seen as transfigured, illuminated, deified. This is a paschal book, and, according to the Orthodox vision of Pascha, death is already defeated and powerless. The author aims to open the reader's eyes, through images and words, to this theological ... Read more

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  • The Image of God the Father and Who Is the Ancient of Days

    by Steven Bigham ...
    The first section of this book deals with seeing God and making an image of him: what is permissible, what is not and why? Starting with the Old and New Testaments, this study details the various theophanies—divine manifestations—in the Bible. How did the prophets and apostles see God? This is important because it is on the basis of the principle of "what is seen can be represented in an image" ... Read more

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  • Two Fourth-Century Sarcophagi Misinterpreted Christological, Not Trinitarian

    by Steven Bigham ...
    Catholic and Protestant theologians, along with the majority of art historians, have traditionally identified the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in two creation scenes on sarcophagi dating from the mid-4th century: the Dogmatic Sarcophagus in the Vatican Museum and the Trinity-Spouses Sarcophagus in the Archaeological Museum of Arles, France. This book presents the viewpoint that scholars, ... Read more

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  • Contemplating the Trinity: The Pat to the Abundant Christian Life

    by Raniero Cantalamessa OFM CAP ...
    Unity, joy, simplicity, beauty, truth-these are the hallmarks of the three Persons in one God, the Trinity. In Contemplating the Trinity, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher to the papal household, invites readers to turn to the Trinity so that they can enter into and experience the relationship of love that the divine Persons share with one another. Convinced that Christians today need a ... Read more

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  • Art of the Devil

    Diabolic imagery, myth, and temptation in art

    by Arturo Graf, ...
    “The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them ... Read more

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