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Mike,
This question is for you - although any imput is more than welcome.
A friend of miqe asked the that famous (or rather, infamous) icon of the Holy Trined in Western style, aka "Dad, Junior and the dove". (for those who don't have the slighest idea of what I'm talking about, click here.)
He mentioned that according to a few canons, including those of the Moscow Council of 1667, this kind of iconography - that is, any icon that depicts the Father in a human form - is considered uncanonical.
However, why this icon is still kept in some Russian churches, as you can see on the pictures below:
www.xxc.ru/english/foto/inside/s03/f007.htm
and
www.xxc.ru/english/foto/inside/s04/f004.htm
I remember that some Greek churches in the US also depicted this icon, but they are being replaced by canonical icons of the Trinity - such as the one painted by St. Andrew Rublev.
Rick
This question is for you - although any imput is more than welcome.
A friend of miqe asked the that famous (or rather, infamous) icon of the Holy Trined in Western style, aka "Dad, Junior and the dove". (for those who don't have the slighest idea of what I'm talking about, click here.)
He mentioned that according to a few canons, including those of the Moscow Council of 1667, this kind of iconography - that is, any icon that depicts the Father in a human form - is considered uncanonical.
However, why this icon is still kept in some Russian churches, as you can see on the pictures below:
www.xxc.ru/english/foto/inside/s03/f007.htm
and
www.xxc.ru/english/foto/inside/s04/f004.htm
I remember that some Greek churches in the US also depicted this icon, but they are being replaced by canonical icons of the Trinity - such as the one painted by St. Andrew Rublev.
Rick