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Two images of the Church and why they should not be confused.

By Jonathan Pageau on October 28, 2015
Two images of the Church and why they should not be confused.

Christological and Pneumatological Images of the Church In early Christian art, there developed a series of complementary visual relationships which I have discussed on numerous occasions and have come to often characterize as the right hand and the left  hand of Christ.  These elements, like the ass and the ox, St-Peter and St-Paul, the good […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged ascension, church, Jonathan Pagaeu, Pentecost, Symbolism, theotokos October 28, 2015

Heaven and Earth in The Icon

By Jonathan Pageau on October 7, 2014
Heaven and Earth in The Icon

This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Ancient Cosmology Today”   This is the third part of my reflections on cosmology.  Part 1: Most of the Time the Earth is Flat.   Part 2: Where is Heaven? ————————————————- One of the main purposes of the icon, in its imitation of our Lord himself, […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged ascension, cosmology, earth, Elijah, heaven, Icon, Jonathan Pageau, science, technology, theophany April 7, 2017
 

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