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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451180203321

Autore

Giakalis Ambrosios

Titolo

Images of the Divine: The Theology of Icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council - Revised Edition / / Ambrosios Giakalis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-86786-8

9786610867868

1-4294-5291-9

90-474-0728-8

1-4337-0508-7

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; ; 122

Disciplina

246/.53/09021

Soggetti

Iconoclasm

Icons - Cult - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Image (Theology) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword, Henry Chadwick -- Preface -- 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. The Significance of the Council -- Afterword 2005 -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Supplementary Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

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 iconclast controversy in the eighth century are discussed in detail, but the main emphasis is on the theological arguments and assumptions of the council participants. Major themes include the nature of tradition, the relationship between image and reality, and the place of christology. Ultimately the argument over icons was about the accessibility of the divine. Icons were held by the



iconophiles to communicate a deifying grace which raised the believer to participation in the life of God.