Images of the divine : the theology of icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council /

"This book, newly revised and updated, examines the Eastern Church's theology of icons chiefly on the basis of the acta of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787." "The political circumstances leading to the outbreak of the iconoclast controversy in the eighth century are discusse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Giakalis, Ambrosios
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 122.
Subjects:
Orthodox Eastern Church > Doctrines.
Église orthodoxe > Doctrines.
Orthodox Eastern Church
Council of Nicaea > (2nd : > 787 : > Nicaea, Turkey)
Concile de Nicée > (2nd : > 787)
Council of Nicaea
600-1500
Icons > Cult > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Image (Theology) > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Iconoclasm.
Icônes > Culte > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Image (Théologie) > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Iconoclasme.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Iconoclasm
Theology, Doctrinal
Concilie van Nicea II (787)
Godenbeelden.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword / Henry Chadwick
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Icon and tradition
  • III. Icon as an agent of truth
  • IV. Icon and reality
  • V. Icon and Christology
  • VI. Icon and worship
  • VII. significance of the council.

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