Drawing god ?!

[loveejesuschrist91]

Is it a sin to draw god?
I saw the creation adam drawing for michelangelo, god is drawn as an old man
is it okay to draw god or no ?

the drawing of michelangelo is "creation of adam" I can't post it here because I'm a new member, just google it

 

[Kristos]

Is Outrage!

 

[loveejesuschrist91]

What?

 

[gracefullamb]

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[abysmul]

Lovejesus, I notice you have the Eastern Orthodox cross, may I ask how long have you been Eastern Orthodox? We have icons of the creation in our faith, and in case you missed it we even have icons of Jesus Christ, and even an icon of the Trinity. So to say the least it is confusing that you asked if this is a sin, since you claim with the cross you chose to be Eastern Orthodox.

I noticed that too, and the fact that they are cross posting the same question in multiple sub forums. ...

 

[Knee V]

We can only depict God insofar as we depict the incarnation of Christ. Christ has real, physical, tangible flesh, and we can draw that. Trying to draw God in His eternal divine nature is blasphemous.

 

[loveejesuschrist91]

Lol I'm an arab orthodox christian yes I'm an orthodox christian but I don't know too much about orthodox I go to orthodox and catholic churches I pray everywhere.
Anyway thanks for your replies

 

[Joseph Hazen]

We have icons of the creation in our faith, and in case you missed it we even have icons of Jesus Christ, and even an icon of the Trinity.

We shouldn't have any icons of The Father, however. When we do it's the result of the influence of Western Religious Art. The Father should never be represented, beyond occasionally as a hand in icons of the historical events where He appeared that way.

 

[Cush]

Is it a sin to draw god?
I saw the creation adam drawing for michelangelo, god is drawn as an old man
is it okay to draw god or no ?

the drawing of michelangelo is "creation of adam" I can't post it here because I'm a new member, just google it

There's quite a difference between being made in the image of God and creating God in the image of Man!

I see the picture of the creation of Adam, and laughed when I saw it. Adam had a naval in the picture, yet he was created and not birthed.

Anyhoot there's a story that I am reminded of that I thought to share with all:

There is a story about an artist who was painting the Last Supper. It was a great picture and it took him many years. As a model for the face of Christ, he used a young man with a face of transcendent loveliness and purity. Bit by bit the picture was filled in, and one after another the disciples were painted. The day came when he needed a model for Judas, whose face he had left to the last. He went out and searched in the lowest haunts of the city and in the dens of the vice. At last he found a man with a face so depraved and vicious as matched his requirement. When the sittings were at an end, the man said to the artist: ‘You painted me before’ ‘Surely not,’ said the artist. ‘O yes,’ said the man. ‘I sat for your Christ.’

Shout Glory

 

[Kristos]

And now for something totally different...

 

[Dorothea]

Good grief. The forum has been a bit odd as of late.

 

[InnerPhyre]

We can depict the Son (as a man) and the Holy Spirit (as a dove or as tongues of fire), since they have both appeared to us. The Father should not be depicted (though He sometimes is).

 

[ArmyMatt]

yeah, we can draw God as He has been revealed in the Scriptures such as Christ in the Incarnation or as the heavenly Son of Man, the Trinity as revealed in the Hospitality of Abraham, the Spirit as a dove or tongues of fire, etc.

but since we are Orthodox, I would leave a Roman Catholic to judge their own artistic tradition.

 

[gracefullamb]

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[buzuxi02]

The michaelangelo painting is uncanonical. It's simply a secular painting and NOT an icon. Only Christ can be depicted as he was incarnate and became man. In Orthodoxy there are icons of the 7 day creation but only the second person of the trinity is depicted who took on material form and became circumscribeable.

 

[RobNJ]

Good grief. The forum has been a bit odd as of late.

" a bit" ?????????????????????????????????

 

[Cappadocious]

The Father should not be depicted (though He sometimes is).

The Father is depicted all the time in Orthodox iconography. See:

 

[HalupkiMonster]

Christ is God. God is the father, son, and holy spirit, one in three persons. A picture of Jesus Christ is a picture of God, you need no old man with a beard (that seems to be more of an artistic idea than a religious one.)

 

[SeraphimSarov]

The Father is depicted all the time in Orthodox iconography. See:

That's an icon of Christ...

 

[HalupkiMonster]

That's an icon of Christ...

Exactly. Christ is both God and Man.