Monday
Feb012010
Iconography in the Orthodox Church
The charismatic presence of the prototype in the icon that represents it is a truth of the Church that is clearly formulated in the patristic texts dealing with iconology during the iconoclastic period. This truth, which is an integral part of the whole theology of the Church concerning the icon, was reinforced by the authority of the 7th Oecumenical Council, thus ensuring the corresponding spiritual experience of her members, an experience that the charismatic body of the Church lived and always lives.