tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post115362470065455347..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Christian Art and the Graven Images CommandmentWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-152140235982270462007-12-16T21:07:00.000-06:002007-12-16T21:07:00.000-06:00Remember also that this was covered at the Second ...Remember also that this was covered at the Second Council of Nicea...<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea<BR/><BR/>I have noted without little irony that Christians who are of the opinion no images should be present, still are generally accepting of crosses, picture Bibles for Children (or coloring Bible images!) and often Nativity sets.A Simple Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710927638399318664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1154601844361740472006-08-03T05:44:00.000-05:002006-08-03T05:44:00.000-05:00Don't forget a large segment of Christianity was d...Don't forget a large segment of Christianity was dominated in practice by Islam which forbids images. It was the Western Bishops that argued for the use of images (icons) in the church against the iconclast in the East. <BR/><BR/>The reformed led by Calvin misunderstood the place of images and that is why you get rather dull (by the standard of senses) environments in say Orthodox Presbyterian parishes. I am have always been puzzled why there seems to be little resistance to venerate the Colors of the United States and the Christian Flag but the veneration of the images of our fellow churchmen and Lord cause people to go wacky. Really who worships the flag when they sing the Star Spangled Banner? Who Worships the Grandmother of Jesus when they sing a hymn to St. Anna?<BR/><BR/>It is sad that so much of Christianity has lost touch with the faith of the men we use as authorities on what is and isn't the canon of scripture.The Lemontshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01326043006284437751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1154409816458698392006-08-01T00:23:00.000-05:002006-08-01T00:23:00.000-05:00What a relief! I had decided some time ago that im...What a relief! I had decided some time ago that images could not be bad, but had failed to think my conclusion through. Your argument is succinct and accurate. Thank you!<BR/><BR/>(And great example, Janet.)Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153852563223835222006-07-25T13:36:00.000-05:002006-07-25T13:36:00.000-05:00A further example of the distinction between idol ...A further example of the distinction between idol and image can be found in the example of the brazen serpent that Moses was commanded to make and which is a type of Christ. Gideon later destroyed it because it had become an object of idol worship. When it was a God-mandated image, it was alright. Once it became an idol, it was not.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.com