The Case for Icon Veneration - An Almost Comprehensive Response to Gavin Ortlund
Intellectual Catholicism
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The Value of Images in Orthodox Christology
Swan: Images can actually be used for communicating the message of the gospel. And that's one of the claims of Nicaea, too, because Jesus had physical human flesh and was visible and real. Swan: Many 4th century fathers also see good in images, and that's important as well. He says if we worship both his Godhead and his flesh, we are not dividing Christ. We're not dividing him into multiple different individuals. It's all going back to Christ, even if we use that image of the cross, cross.
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