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iconoclasm

  1. Orthodox Christians As The Victims Of Heretical Sects

    This originated as a reply to a thread, but grew a bit too large, so I made it a blog post. Indeed, it is true that Roman Pagans accused the early Christians of cannibalism, based on a misunderstanding of the Eucharist. Pagan accusations of gross sexual immorality were probably the result of...
    • The Liturgist
    • Blog entry
    • 14 min read
    • arianism assyrian church of the east calvinism eastern orthodoxy gnosticism heresy iconoclasm iconography islam orthodoxy
    • Category: Christian Forums

  2. Iconoclasm should not be tolerable

    This thread is not about people who are indifferent of icons or people who are not still comfortable with venerating them or use them in worship. It is about people who are iconoclasts by principle and disapprove of other Christians doing it. Do you agree or not?

  3. Has Muslim Theology influenced Iconoclasm?

    I feel there weren't any major issues regarding the use of Icons in the History of Christianity until Muslims appeared. I mean, we know how strict and severe Muslims are regarding images of any holy person and the issue happened in Eastern Europe (close to Muslim nations)

  4. Are images of Jesus idolatry?

    I'm having problems with what seem like a uncritical use of images of what one traditionally imagined Jesus to look like, as a European looking male with dark long hair and beard. For example the Sixtine Chapel that was painted by Michelangelo for the Pope and viewed as perhaps the greatest...
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